| Rethinking Security in East Asia: Identity, Power, and Efficiency Contributor(s): Suh, J. J. (Editor), Katzenstein, Peter J. (Editor), Carlson, Allen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804749787 ISBN-13: 9780804749787 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters peace, while its absence from East Asia portends conflict. Developments in Europe and Asia in the 1990s contradict the conventional wisdom without discrediting it. Explanations that derive from only one paradigm or research program have shortcomings beyond their inability to recognize important empirical anomalies. International relations research is better served by combining explanatory approaches from different research traditions. This book makes a case for a new theoretical approach (called " analytical eclecticism" by the authors) to the study of Asian security. It informs the analysis in subsequent chapters of central topics in East Asian security, with specific reference to China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The authors conclude that the prospects for peace in East Asia look less dire than conventional-- in many cases Eurocentric-- theories of international relations suggest. At the same time, they point to a number of potentially destabilizing political developments. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 355.033 |
| LCCN: 2004007832 |
| Series: Studies in Asian Security |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.24" W x 9.48" (1.14 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a new theoretical approach to the study of Asian security. Using case studies of China, Japan, southeast Asia, and the alliance between the United States and South Korea, it demonstrates the failure of the prevailing paradigms in international relations theory to anticipate or explain how events have unfolded in Asia. |