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Beyond compliance

China, international organizations, and global security

Ann Kent ; East-West Center

Buch

englisch

Kent, Ann (Verfasser/-in) DNB
East-West Center DNB

Studies in Asian security

Stanford University Press

Stanford, Calif.

2007

334 p.

978-0-8047-7382-9

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-322) and index

china
foreign relations
international organizations
global security
international agencies

Contents: Introduction : compliance and cooperation in a changing world -- China and international organizations : from alienation to integration -- China and the international security regime : the conference on disarmament -- China and the international political economy regime : the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- China and the atmospheric environment : the United Nations Environment Programme -- China and international human rights : the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Committee Against Torture -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Historically China has viewed itself as the Middle Kingdom, unconstrained by international society; has lacked a tradition of the rule of law; and has had sufficient power to ignore international obligations, argues Kent (Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National U.), thus presenting an ideal worst case for expected compliance and cooperation with the multilateral international system. Yet, in looking at the behavior of China since it was accepted on the United Nations Security Council in 1971, he finds that China has changed from an isolated and verbally aggressive state to an increasingly interdependent and compliant one, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of multilateral internationalism even for non-liberal states. He explains China's growing compliance with reference to process-based theories grounded in the belief in the socializing process of normative discourse and interactions between transnational actors within institutional settings and skepticism over the value of coercion in compelling compliance. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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