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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Rethinking Asia and International Relations Ser |
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Rethinking Asia and International Relations Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Making analytic sense of the Belt and Road Initiative: A plea for multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches and eclecticism -- The BRI basket: policies and tools -- How to make analytic sense of the BRI? A plea for theoretical pluralism -- Scope and aims of this book -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- 2 The Belt and Road Initiative post-April 2019: Plus ça change! -- Introduction -- The BRI as a platform -- The BRI's progress in South Asia |
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Nepal -- Sri Lanka -- Bangladesh -- Pakistan -- India needs to respond -- Chinese engagements in Africa -- Looking to the future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Thoughts on appropriate approaches to studying BRI's actual impacts and limits -- Introduction -- A critical discussion of China-centric approaches -- Theoretical framework -- Empirical evidence and its connection to the above hypotheses -- The importance of government support from BRI recipient states -- The importance of policy coordination and linking -- Legacy and continuity |
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The importance of a local champion in BRI recipient states -- Other generic hypotheses -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- 4 The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and its impact on democratization and de-democratization processes -- The globalization of authoritarianism: the role of China -- The role of China in political conflicts in the literature -- The rise of China as a hegemonic transition: a view from world-systems theory and neo-Gramscian political thought -- The erosion of democracy in the semi-periphery: a neo-Gramscian view -- Empirical examples -- Hungary -- Thailand |
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Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 China's faltering normative power drive in Kazakhstan -- Introduction -- China's normative power drive in Kazakhstan -- China-Kazakhstan economic cooperation -- Chinese BRI and Chinese investments in Kazakhstan: positive versus negative perceptions -- Sinophobia in Kazakhstan: projection of social problems or "primordial" nationalism? -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6 Malaysia and China's Belt and Road Initiative: A trilogy of commitment problem, diplomacy, and strategic foreign policy -- Introduction |
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Commitment problems and diplomacy -- Modelling the diplomatic game -- Proof -- Solution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7 Chinese grand strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative: The case of Southeast Asia -- Introduction -- A grand strategy "with Chinese characteristics"? -- Grand strategy on the ground -- Mobilization of capacities -- (Geo-)economics -- Geopolitical objectives -- Military influence -- Agenda-setting, norms, and strategic narrative -- Economic, social, environmental, and security challenges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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8 The BRI, logistics, and global infrastructure: New world order, the game of Go, and the disposition of Shi |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wallenböck, Ute
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| ISBN |
9781000260571 |
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1000260577 |
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