New thinking about the Taiwan issue : theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics, and prospects /

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Imprint:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.
Description:	xv, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Politics in Asia series Politics in Asia series.
Subject:	Diplomatic relations. Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- China. China -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan. Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- 1945- China. Taiwan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8932959

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Other authors / contributors:	Blanchard, Jean-Marc F., 1962- Hickey, Dennis Van Vranken.
ISBN:	9780415684538 0415684536 9780203131497 0203131495
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book brings together a number of distinguished scholars from the US, Asia, and Europe who use the latest political science and international relations thinking to provide insights into the origins, recent dynamics, and prospects of the Taiwan Issue. It clearly illuminates why there is a "Taiwan Problem," why conflict did not escalate to war between 2000 and 2008, and why cross-Strait relations improved after 2008. The book reveals the limits of realism as a device to gain traction into the Taiwan issue, demonstrates the importance of taking into account domestic political variables, and shows how theory can be used to advance the cause of better China-Taiwan relations and to analyze the potential for future conflict over Taiwan."--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

List of figures and tables
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: more than two "sides" to every story: an introduction to New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue
1. Normative convergence and cross-Strait divergence: Westphalian sovereignty as an ideational source of the Taiwan conflict
2. Useful adversaries: how to understand the political economy of cross-Strait security
3. Ethnic peace in the Taiwan Strait
4. Unbalanced threat or rising integration? Explaining relations across the Taiwan Strait
5. Informal and nonofficial interactions in the new start of cross-Strait relations: the case of Taiwanese businessmen
6. Structural realism and liberal pluralism: an assessment of Ma Ying-Jeou's cross-Strait policy
7. Envisioning a China-Taiwan peace agreement
8. "Democratic peace" or "economic peace"? Theoretical debate and practical implications in new cross-Strait relations
Conclusion: international relations theory and the relationship across the Taiwan Strait
Bibliography
Index

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