Asian rivalries
Subtitle: conflict, escalation, and limitations on two-level games
By: edited by Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson
Publisher: Stanford Security Series, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780804775953; 9780804775960
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Politics and government; Foreign relations
Description: The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a competitive domestic context. Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work. By reference to specific cases, specialists on Asian rivalries examine three related questions: what is the mix of internal (domestic politics) and external (interstate politics) stimuli in the dynamics of their rivalries; in what types of circumstances do domestic politics become the predominant influence on rivalry dynamics; when domestic politics become predominant, is their effect more likely to lead to the escalation or de-escalation of rivalry hostility? By pulling together the threads laid out by each contributor, the editors create a 'grounded theory' for interstate rivalries that breaks new ground in international relations theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conflict propensities in Asian rivalries / Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson; title: China and Taiwan : balance of rivalry with weapons of mass democratization / Andrew Scobell; title: Domestic politics and the U.S.-China rivalry / Lyle J. Goldstein; title: Peace and conflict in the Indo-Pakistani rivalry : domestic and strategic causes / S. Paul Kapur; title: Instability in Tibet and the Sino-Indian strategic rivalry : do domestic politics matter? / Manjeet S. Pardesi; title: The Sino-Russian partnership : the end of rivalry? / Lowell Dittmer; title: The rivalry between the two Koreas / Samuel S. Kim; title: Asymmetric rivals : China and Vietnam / Brantly Womack; title: Two-level games in Asian rivalries / Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson.