China's Selective Identities State, Ideology and Culture /

• Main Authors: Mierzejewski, Dominik (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kowalski, Bartosz (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Political Transitions,
• Subjects: International relations.; Asia-Politics and government.; Diplomacy.; Foreign Policy.; Asian Politics.

This book discusses the role of selective identities in shaping China's position in regional and global affairs. It does so by using the concept of political transition of power, and argues that by taking different types of identities-state, ideology and culture-the Chinese government has adjus...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: A Theoretical Understanding of China's Selective Identities
• 2. Building China's State Identity: Borders, Institutions, and Conflicts
• 3. Debating China as an Ideology: Marxism, Revolution, and Materialism
• 4. Beyond the Borders: Utopia, Uniqueness, and Soft-Power
• 5. Conclusions.