The empire's new clothes : cultural particularism and universal value in China's quest for global status / Jeremy T. Paltiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paltiel, Jeremy T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty.

China--Foreign relations--1976-.

China.

International relations.

Political culture--China.

Political culture.

Sovereignty--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book assesses the challenge to the dominance of Euro-American political and economic liberalism from China's emergence as a global presence. It does so by exploring China's search for a balance between competition and integration in the global community. The paradox of resistance to global domination lies in the requirements of accumulating power locally in order to resist power globally. China presents the most significant present-day example of this dual process of participation and resistance, and so Jeremy Paltiel's work in this book offers intriguing insights into the elusive prospect of equality in a system of global power.

Contents:

Introduction : Identifying China in international relations

The ins and outs of sovereignty

Sovereignty in the discourse of the Communist Party of China

National rights, human rights, and the rule of law

Human rights and membership in international society

China and the world trading system : the WTO and beyond

Taiwan and the concept of territorial sovereignty

Conclusion: China and international society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-309) and indexes.

ISBN:

1403961980

9781403961983

OCLC:

73502363

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