Building a Neighborly Community: Post-Cold War China, Japan, and Southeast Asia

Zha, D., Hu, W.

ISBN 10: 0719070651 / ISBN 13: 9780719070655

Published by Manchester University Press, 2013

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780719070655.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building a Neighborly Community: Post-Cold War China, Japan, and Southeast Asia
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719070651
• ISBN 13: 9780719070655
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 500 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

Building a neighborly community, available for the first time in paperback, explores the political economy of post-cold war East Asian co-operation by examining the history of intra-regional co-operation, against the background of China’s rise and Japan’s relative decline, both real and perceived. The book in particular examines how East Asian states have dealt with the South China Sea as a region-wide security challenge and the imperative for self-help after the 1997 economic crisis.

The book builds on the explanatory strength of analytical eclecticism, and ultimately concludes that China, South Korea, Japan, and ASEAN states have aimed for constructing a neighborly community. The fundamental differences between a neighborly community and the kind of community that has emerged in Europe and North America are that qualification for membership is not conditional, the process of routine interactions is itself one of reassurance, the aim of inter-state interactions is to foster acceptance of each other, and changes in a member’s foreign policy behaviour are accepted.

About the Authors

Daojiong Zha is Associate Professor of International Studies at the Renmin University of China

Weixing Hu is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong