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9781403971791

Modeling Bilateral International Relations The Case of U.S.-China Interactions

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    9781403971791

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    140397179X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-06-11
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Drawing on political choice theories in international relations and policy decision making, this book provides deep theoretical understanding of bilateral cooperation and confrontation. Through conceptual modeling and quantitative data analysis, Liu examines how changes in political and economic issues affected relations between China and the United States.

Author Biography

Xinsheng Liu is a research scientist of the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and an assistant professor of the School of Government at Peking University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix
List of Figures xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1(8)
Intention
1(4)
An Overview
5(4)
2 Choice-Making Theories 9(28)
Analytic/Rational Choice School
10(16)
Cognitive Choice School
26(9)
Beyond the Rational–Cognitive Debate
35(2)
3 A Spatial Supergame Model of Bilateral Interactions 37(28)
Central and Auxiliary Assumptions
37(3)
A Three-Dimensional Spatial Supergame Model
40(8)
A More Generalized Spatial Supergame Framework
48(15)
Theoretical Propositions on Bilateral Interactions
63(2)
4 Critical Dimensions, Issue Games, and U.S.–China Interactive Choice Outcomes 65(26)
Time Coverage, 1979-1989
66(2)
Critical Issue Dimensions
68(3)
Four Issue Games
71(9)
Measuring Choice Outcomes of Sino-U.S. Interactions
80(3)
Quantitative and Narrative Sketches of U.S.–China Relations
83(8)
5 The Dynamics of U.S.—China Relations: Testing the Spatial Supergame Model 91(26)
Spatial Supergame Perspective on U.S.—China Relations
91(10)
Detecting the Shape of Sino-U.S. Outcome Distributions
101(3)
Analyzing the Effect of Policy Inertia and Attention Shifts
104(6)
Inquiring Conflict Dimensions and Outcome Variations
110(4)
A Brief Summary of the Graphic and Statistical Analyses
114(3)
6 Conclusion 117(10)
Spatial Supergame and Bilateral International Relations
118(2)
U.S.—China Interactions and Empirical Findings
120(2)
Applicability, Limitation, and Research Recommendation
122(5)
Appendix A: WEIS Cooperation—Hostility Data 127(4)
Appendix B: Codebook and the Dimension and Attention Data Set 131(10)
Notes 141(8)
Bibliography 149(22)
Index 171

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