China, the European Union, and the International Politics of Global Governance

by Wang, Jianwei; Song, Weiqing

• ISBN13: 9781137522221
• ISBN10: 1137522224
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-12-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Two major themes in contemporary international relations—Sino-European relations and global governance—are both addressed in this volume. In its focused analysis of Sino-European relations, global governance serves as both a topic for analysis and a conceptual framework to join together individual chapters. Featuring perspectives from a diverse group of established and promising young scholars from China, Europe, and elsewhere, this book has important implications for Chinese foreign policy, the European Union, the future of global governance, and international relations at large.

Author Biography

Jianwei Wang is Professor and Head of the Department of Government and Public Administration and Director of the Institute of Global and Public Affairs, University of Macau. His research interests focus on Sino-American relations, East Asian security affairs, Chinese foreign policy, and Sino-Japanese relations.

Weiqing Song is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Macau. His research focuses on Chinese foreign policy with respect to global governance and European politics with an emphasis on the EU and European foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction: New Players and New Order of Global Governance; Jianwei Wang and Weiqing Song
1. China-EU Relations: Rivalry Impedes Strategic Partnership; Mingjiang Li
2. A Liberal Institutionalist Perspective on China-EU Relations; Thomas Christiansen
3. Social Constructivist Perspectives on China-EU Relations; Knud Erik Jørgensen and Reuben Wong
4. China and the EU in the UN; Jian Junbo; Chen Zhimin
5. Shaping the Agenda Jointly? China and the EU in the G20; Hongsong Liu and Shaun Breslin
6. The EU and China in the WTO: What Contribution to the International Rule of Law? Reflections in Light of the Raw Materials and Rare Earths Disputes; Matthieu Burnay and Jan Wouters
7. International Financial Institutions; Gerald Chan
8. Different Versions of Interregionalism and ASEM's Multilateral Utility for Global Governance; Tianxiang Zhu
9. Traditional Security Issues; Fulvio Attinà
10. Non-traditional Security Issues; Evangelos Fanoulis and Emil Kirchner
11. Confronting the Climate Challenge: Convergence and Divergence between the EU and China; Yan Bo and Diarmuid Torney
12. China, the EU and Global Governance in Human Rights; Gustaaf Geeraerts
13. Development Policy – alternatives, challenges and opportunities; Uwe Wissenbach and Yuan Wang
Contributor biographies
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