Human Security and the Chinese State - Historical Transformations and the Modern Quest for Sovereignty

Zusatztext 'He has made a unique contribution to increasing our understanding of Chinese state sovereignty and state-building' - Gerald Chan! International Spectator! September 2008 Informationen zum Autor Robert E. Bedeski is Professor Emeritus! Department of Political Science! and Program Professor Emeritus! Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) at the University of Victoria! British Columbia! Canada. Klappentext Offering a fresh approach to surveying the historical transformations of the Chinese state! this book focuses on human security in contrast with the 21st century obsession with national security. It demonstrates how the sovereignty of the state reflected primary human concerns of survival. Zusammenfassung Offering a fresh and unique approach to surveying the historical transformations of the Chinese state, this book focuses on human security in contrast with the twenty-first century obsession with national security. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Human Survival! Human Institutions! and Human Security 2. Dimensions of Human Security: Foundations in Individual Human Life 3. The Modern Sovereign Nation-State 4. Prologue to a Theory of Human Security 5. A Notational Theory of Human Security 6. Actualizing Imperial Sovereignty in Ancient China 7. Claiming Dynastic Sovereignty under the Imperial Meta-Constitution 8. Sovereignty and State-Building in Late Qing and Republican China 9. Contemporary China's Incomplete Sovereignty - Fusion! Succession! and Adoption

Product details

• Authors: Robert Bedeski, Robert (University of Victoria Bedeski, Bedeski Robert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2011
• EAN: 9780415691406
• ISBN: 978-0-415-69140-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series; Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General