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This anthology discusses the war system and provides a rigorous
social science approach that is sensitive to values. It premises
the etiology of war on a complex reality that builds understanding
by investigating all major structural and behavioral variables of
the human situation.
In response to a growing sense of dissatisfaction with the state of
the world and the state of international relations research,
Professor Kim has taken an alternative approach to the study of
contemporary world politics. Specifically, he has adopted and
expanded the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and transnational
approach developed by the World Order Models Project (WOMP), an
enterprise committed to the realization of peace, economic equality
and well-being, social justice, and ecological balance. Systemic in
scope and interdisciplinary in methodology, The Quest for a Just
World Order explains and projects the issues, patterns, and trends
of world politics, giving special attention to the attitudinal,
normative, behavioral, and institutional problems involved in the
politics of system transformation. Professor Kim also attempts to
remedy a number of problematic features of traditional approaches,
including a value-neutral orientation; fragmentation and
overspecialization; overemphasis on national actors, the
superpowers, and stability; and the Hobbesian image of world
politics. Part 1 presents a conceptual framework for developing a
normative theory of world order. Each of the four chapters in Part
2 examines a specific global crisis in depth, working within the
framework laid out in Part 1. In Part 3 a variety of desirable and
feasible transition strategies are proposed, and Professor Kim
assesses the prospects for achieving a just and humane world order
system by the end of this century.
As the postwar international system continues its dramatic
transformation, the fundamental question of what role China will
play is becoming increasingly central. Contributors to the volume
focus on the developments of the post-Tiananmen years, addressing
the issues raised by China's expanding and increasingly complex
relationships with a rapidly c
The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing
battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided
state. But, Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia
gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region
and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great
wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Japanese miracle
and then by the ascent of China, has made South Korea - an economic
powerhouse in its own right - the hub of the region once again, a
natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic
Russia to China and Japan. And, over the horizon, an opening of
North Korea, with multilateral support, would add another major
push toward regional integration. Illuminating the role of the
Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, the eminent
international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and
stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a
broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-fifth
century.
The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing
battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided
state. But, Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia
gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region
and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great
wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Japanese miracle
and then by the ascent of China, has made South Korea - an economic
powerhouse in its own right - the hub of the region once again, a
natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic
Russia to China and Japan. And, over the horizon, an opening of
North Korea, with multilateral support, would add another major
push toward regional integration. Illuminating the role of the
Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, the eminent
international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and
stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a
broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-fifth
century.
An interdisciplinary study of this nature and scope reflects
contributions of many scholars in divene disciplines and fields
concerned with human conflict behavior in general and with human
war-prone behavior in particular. They are too numerous to
enumerate here. Still, our deep gratitude goes to those scholars
whose writings have been incorporated in this volume as "sample
representatives" of what their particular disciplines can
contribute to the study of war.
As the postwar international system continues its dramatic
transformation, the fundamental question of what role China will
play is becoming increasingly central. Contributors to the volume
focus on the developments of the post-Tiananmen years, addressing
the issues raised by China's expanding and increasingly complex
relationships with a rapidly changing global environment. They
consider such questions as: What is the principal challenge of
post-Tiananmen foreign policy? How will China cope with the call
for a more peaceful, equitable, democratic, and ecological world
order? How has the nexus between China and the world changed in
this transition period, and why? What are the implications for
China's future and for the future of the rest of the
world?Combining a broad theoretical framework with specific case
studies, this text tackles themes that have long puzzled
Westerners. Seeking the often elusive sources of Chinese foreign
policy, the contributors assess the relative influences of domestic
and foreign factors in shaping policy goals. They also examine the
changes and continuities that have characterized Chinese foreign
relations over the years, identifying the patterns underlying
China's interactions with the major global actors and its policies
on specific international issues. Special attention is paid to the
word/deed (and at times word/word) disjuncture in Chinese foreign
relations, with several chapters probing the discrepancies between
rhetoric and reality, policy pronouncements and policy performance,
and intent and outcome. The human-rights component of China's
foreign policy and China's foreign policy options for the last
decade of the century are also discussed.New to this revised and
updated edition of "China and the World" are discussions concerning
Chinese foreign policies and international relations theories, the
relationship between China and the Third World, and China's
environmental diplomacy.
A country of stark contradictions and puzzles, North Korea exhibits
uncanny resilience in the face of external shocks and internal
woes, raising important questions of theoretical and real-world
significance. What has made it possible for North Korea to defy the
classical realist axiom, 'The strong do what they have the power to
do and the weak accept what they have to accept'? What is the
nature of the North Korean threat in post-Cold War Northeast Asia?
What kind of bargaining leverage does Pyongyang exercise in
system-maintaining survival strategies? What are North Korea's
prospects for sustaining such survival strategies in the uncertain
years ahead? This volume offers a major reappraisal of the changing
relationship between North Korea and its neighboring powers in the
post-Cold War era in both theoretical and practical terms. The
contributors examine the complex interplay of global, regional, and
national forces that have influenced and shaped the changing
patterns of conflict and cooperation in North Korea's relationships
with China, Russia, and Japan and with the United States. Within
the context of Northeast Asian geopolitics, the book tracks,
explains, and assesses North Korea's survival strategies in both
the security and economic domains, as well as the prospects of
these strategies in the coming years.
China's role in the United Nations has been a significant one. Yet,
Samuel Kim contends, as far as the literature on Chinese foreign
policy is concerned, the People's Republic of China still remains
outside the heuristic framework of the global community. In a
comprehensive macro-analysis of Chinese global politics, Professor
Kim probes China's image and strategy of world order as manifested
through its behavior in the UN. The author draws upon a wide range
of previously untapped primary sources, including China's policy
pronouncements and voting record and over a hundred personal
interviews with UN delegates and international civil servants. He
finds that Chinese participation has made the United Nations not
only more representative but also more relevant as the global
political institution responding to the challenge of establishing a
more humane and just world order. Originally published in 1979. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
China's role in the United Nations has been a significant one. Yet,
Samuel Kim contends, as far as the literature on Chinese foreign
policy is concerned, the People's Republic of China still remains
outside the heuristic framework of the global community. In a
comprehensive macro-analysis of Chinese global politics, Professor
Kim probes China's image and strategy of world order as manifested
through its behavior in the UN. The author draws upon a wide range
of previously untapped primary sources, including China's policy
pronouncements and voting record and over a hundred personal
interviews with UN delegates and international civil servants. He
finds that Chinese participation has made the United Nations not
only more representative but also more relevant as the global
political institution responding to the challenge of establishing a
more humane and just world order. Originally published in 1979. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The author examines North Korea's foreign relations with China,
Russia, Japan, the United States, and South Korea during the
post-Cold War era. North Korea's extended and heavy reliance on
foreign aid and assistance -both military and economic-in the first
4 decades came from China, the Soviet Union, and communist bloc
states; in the past 2 decades, this aid has come from countries
including China, South Korea, and the United States. He argues that
central to understanding North Korea's international behavior in
the 21st century is the extent to which the policies of the United
States have shaped that behavior. Although some readers may not
agree with all of Dr. Kim's interpretations and assessments, they
nevertheless will find his analysis simulating and extremely
informative.
How to define a Chinese national identity remains as hotly
contested a question among today's Chinese citizens as it has been
among foreign observers. This volume brings together ten new essays
by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and offers a
comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of Chinese
national identity in past and contemporary settings.
This book explores Korea's place in terms of multiple levels and
domains of interaction pertaining to foreign-policy behaviors and
relations with the four regional/global powers (China, Russia,
Japan, and the United States). The synergy of global
transformations has now brought to an end Korea's proverbial
identity and role as the helpless shrimp among whales, and both
North Korea and South Korea have taken on new roles in the process
of redefining and projecting their national identities. Synthetic
national identity theory offers a useful perspective on change and
continuity in Korea's turbulent relationships with the great powers
over the years. Following a review of Korean diplomatic history and
competing theoretical approaches, along with a synthetic
national-identity theory as an alternative approach, one chapter
each is devoted to how Korea relates to the four powers in turn,
and the book concludes with a consideration of inter-Korean
relations and potential reunification.
This book explores Korea's place in terms of multiple levels and
domains of interaction pertaining to foreign-policy behaviors and
relations with the four regional/global powers (China, Russia,
Japan, and the United States). The synergy of global
transformations has now brought to an end Korea's proverbial
identity and role as the helpless shrimp among whales, and both
North Korea and South Korea have taken on new roles in the process
of redefining and projecting their national identities. Synthetic
national identity theory offers a useful perspective on change and
continuity in Korea's turbulent relationships with the great powers
over the years. Following a review of Korean diplomatic history and
competing theoretical approaches, along with a synthetic
national-identity theory as an alternative approach, one chapter
each is devoted to how Korea relates to the four powers in turn,
and the book concludes with a consideration of inter-Korean
relations and potential reunification.
Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry?
In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms
control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights
and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and
eco-development, and democratization and humane governance are
concentrated. More than any other part of the world, the divided
Korean peninsula is the strategic crossroad where the four major
regional/global powers-the United States, Russia, China, and
Japan-uneasily interact. This authoritative work explores the
complex and evolving interplay of national, regional, and global
forces influencing Northeast Asia's security, economy, and
identity. Written by a team of leading scholars, the book presents
a variety of theoretical perspectives and case studies to offer a
comprehensive analysis of the pressures that shape the policy
choices of China, Russia, Japan, the United States, North and South
Korea, and Taiwan. The authors' historically and culturally
informed narratives help track and explain the changes and
continuities of relationships within the region and with the United
States and Russia. Concise and current, this book will be essential
reading for all those concerned with the role of a changing
Northeast Asia in world politics.
Although the Republic of Korea is regarded as a shining example of democracy in East Asia and a secure electoral democracy, its journey toward democratic consolidation is far from complete. Some of the best scholars on Korean politics explore and assess the complex interplay of the facilitating and inhibiting factors that have influenced and reshaped Korea's democratic consolidation process at all levels of state and society as well as the prospects for consolidation in the coming years.
Although the Republic of Korea is regarded as a shining example of democracy in East Asia and a secure electoral democracy, its journey toward democratic consolidation is far from complete. Some of the best scholars on Korean politics explore and assess the complex interplay of the facilitating and inhibiting factors that have influenced and reshaped Korea's democratic consolidation process at all levels of state and society as well as the prospects for consolidation in the coming years.
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East Asia and Globalization (Hardcover)
Samuel S Kim; Contributions by Lowell Dittmer, Barry K. Gills, Dong-Sook S. Gills, William W. Grimes, …
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This clear and timely book presents the first sustained and
structured analysis of globalization in the East Asian context,
exploring the strategies used by East Asian countries to cope with
the forces of globalization. Eschewing both neoliberal
"hyperglobalization" chants and neorealist "globaloney"
castigation, the authors integrate a broad conceptual framework
with region- and country-specific case studies. Specifically, the
book poses and addresses three major questions about East Asia's
globalization. First, it identifies the range of contending
conceptualizations of globalization that have underpinned the
region's changing and contradictory views in the 1990s. Second, the
book critically probes the discrepancy between promise and
performance-the myths and realities-of East Asian globalization and
the complex interaction of challenges and responses. Third, the
authors evaluates the impacts and consequences of globalization for
East Asia's political, economic, social, cultural, ecological, and
security development. These questions clarify the often-murky
nature, challenges, responses, and consequences of globalization,
especially in light of the Asian financial crisis and moves toward
recovery.
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East Asia and Globalization (Paperback)
Samuel S Kim; Contributions by Lowell Dittmer, Barry K. Gills, Dong-Sook S. Gills, William W. Grimes, …
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This clear and timely book presents the first sustained and
structured analysis of globalization in the East Asian context,
exploring the strategies used by East Asian countries to cope with
the forces of globalization. Eschewing both neoliberal
OhyperglobalizationO chants and neorealist OglobaloneyO
castigation, the authors integrate a broad conceptual framework
with region- and country-specific case studies. Specifically, the
book poses and addresses three major questions about East AsiaOs
globalization. First, it identifies the range of contending
conceptualizations of globalization that have underpinned the
regionOs changing and contradictory views in the 1990s. Second, the
book critically probes the discrepancy between promise and
performance_the myths and realities_of East Asian globalization and
the complex interaction of challenges and responses. Third, the
authors evaluates the impacts and consequences of globalization for
East AsiaOs political, economic, social, cultural, ecological, and
security development. These questions clarify the often-murky
nature, challenges, responses, and consequences of globalization,
especially in light of the Asian financial crisis and moves toward
recovery.
South Korea has cast its lot with globalization arguably to a
greater extent than any other Asian country in the post-Cold War
era. This book, edited by Samuel Kim, presents a sustained analysis
of Korea's globalization and its ramifications for all aspects of
the Korean state and society. The authors critically probe the
promise and performance and the myths and realities of Korea's
globalization drive. Each chapter is a case study designed to
explain how globalization works and what its positive or negative
consequences are for the Korean state and society. They examine the
effects of internationalization on business conglomerates, workers
and labor unions, women, foreign migrant workers, the military,
politicians, and government officials. More broadly, they examine
how Korea, as a newly industrialized and newly democratizing
country, is coping with the twin challenges of democratic
consolidation from below and within and globalization from above
and without.
This book, edited by Samuel Kim, presents the first sustained analysis of Korea's globalization and its ramifications for all aspects of the Korean state and society. Combining a broader conceptual framework with illustrative case studies, the authors critically probe the promise and performance and the myths and realities of Korea's globalization drive. More broadly, they examine how Korea, as a newly industrialized and newly democratizing country, is coping with the twin challenges of democratic consolidation from below and within and globalization from above and without.
How to define a Chinese national identity remains as hotly
contested a question among today's Chinese citizens as it has been
among foreign observers. This volume brings together ten new essays
by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and offers a
comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of Chinese
national identity in past and contemporary settings.
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