New thinking about the Taiwan issue
Subtitle: theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics, and prospects
By: edited by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Dennis V. Hickey
Series: Politics in Asia series; Politics in Asia series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780415684538; 9780203131497
Subjects: Foreign relations
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Normative convergence and cross-strait divergence : Westphalian sovereignty as an ideational source of the Taiwan conflict / Chengxin Pan; title: Useful adversaries : how to understand the political economy of cross-strait security / Ching-Chang Chen; title: Ethnic peace in the Taiwan strait / Shiping Zheng; title: Unbalanced threat or rising integration? : explaining relations across the Taiwan Strait / Steve Chan; title: Informal and nonofficial interactions in the new start of cross-strait relations : the case of Taiwanese businessmen / Jorge Tavares da Silva; title: Structural realism and liberal pluralism : an assessment of Ma Ying-jeou's cross-strait policy / T.Y. Wang ... [et al.]; title: Envisioning a China-Taiwan peace agreement / Phillip C. Saunders and Scott L. Kastner; title: Democratic peace or economic peace? : theoretical debate and practical implications in new cross-strait relations / Yuchao Zhu.