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Title

Asian rivalries : conflict, escalation, and limitations on two-level games / edited by Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson.

Publication

Stanford, California : Stanford Security Series, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2011, ©2011.

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Additional Authors

• Ganguly, Sumit
• Thompson, William R.

Description

vii, 259 pages illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a competitive domestic context. Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work. By reference to specific cases, specialists on Asian rivalries examine three related questions: what is the mix of internal (domestic politics) and external (interstate politics) stimuli in the dynamics of their rivalries; in what types of circumstances do domestic politics become the predominant influence on rivalry dynamics; when domestic politics become predominant, is their effect more likely to lead to the escalation or de-escalation of rivalry hostility? By pulling together the threads laid out by each contributor, the editors create a 'grounded theory' for interstate rivalries that breaks new ground in international relations theory.

Subject

• Asia > Foreign relations > 1945-
• Asia > Politics and government > 1945-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Conflict propensities in Asian rivalries / Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson -- China and Taiwan : balance of rivalry with weapons of mass democratization / Andrew Scobell -- Domestic politics and the U.S.-China rivalry / Lyle J. Goldstein -- Peace and conflict in the Indo-Pakistani rivalry : domestic and strategic causes / S. Paul Kapur -- Instability in Tibet and the Sino-Indian strategic rivalry : do domestic politics matter? / Manjeet S. Pardesi -- The Sino-Russian partnership : the end of rivalry? / Lowell Dittmer -- The rivalry between the two Koreas / Samuel S. Kim -- Asymmetric rivals : China and Vietnam / Brantly Womack -- Two-level games in Asian rivalries / Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson.

ISBN

• 9780804775953 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804775958 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780804775960 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0804775966 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011007302

OCLC

• 703623753
• SCSB-11815313

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Harvard Library