Transition Scenarios
Subtitle: China and the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Sep 24, 2013
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780226040479
Description: China's rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we are in the early stages of a transition in power relations. Commentators have tended to treat this transitional period as a novelty, but history is in fact replete with such systemic transitions--sometimes with perilous results. Can we predict the future by using the past? And, if so, what might history teach us? With Transition Scenarios, David P. Rapkin and William R. Thompson identify some predictors for power transitions and take readers through possible scenarios for future relations between China and the United States. Each scenario is embedded within a particular theoretical framework, inviting readers to consider the assumptions underlying it. -- Publisher website.
Notes: Source title: Transition Scenarios: China and the United States in the Twenty-First Century