China's Reforms And International Political Economy

by Zweig; David

• ISBN13: 9780415396134
• ISBN10: 0415396131
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Written by an international team of experts from the US, UK, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada, this important and interesting book examines and explores the relationship between the international political and economic system, and China?s economic and political transition. Exploring international relations theory with a China-centric view, the book addresses key and significant questions such as: Has the outside world shaped China?s position within the global polity and economic, and affected the way China deals with the world economy? Have Chinese leaders and foreign policy makers internalized the norms and values of the global economic activity? Who are the key players in China in this process of globalization? Giving vital insights into China?s likely development and international influence in the next decade, China?s Reforms and International Political Economy is an essential and invaluable read.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
List of contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xxi
Introduction: international political economy and explanations of China's globalization	p. 1
External structures: power, norms, multilateralism and production	p. 19
Beyond the disciplinary heartlands: studying China's international political economy	p. 21
Soft balancing and reciprocal engagement: international structures and China's foreign policy choices	p. 42
China in the world and the world in China: the domestic impact of international institutions on China's politics, 1978-2000	p. 62
China, Southeast Asia and East Asian economic regionalism	p. 77
China and the World Trade Organization	p. 95
How reform drove China's integration into the international community	p. 97
Trade policy and regulatory politics: China's WTO implementation in comparative perspective	p. 112
Hinges and latches on the open door: the normative parameters of China's WTO accession	p. 131
Outside in or inside out? Case studies	p. 153
Between "outside-in" and "inside-out": the internationalization of the Chinese state	p. 155
Dancing with wolves: opening the pharmaceutical sector in China	p. 171
How China responds to trade sanctions: decoding the Sino-South Korean "Garlic War"	p. 186
Globalization and transnational human capital: overseas and returnee scholars to China	p. 204
Index	p. 223
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