China, the West, and Democratization - The Struggle for the Local and the Global in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Sommario

Introduction: Democracy and the Global-Local Nexus of Western Dominance 1. Political Systems and International Relations after the Cold War 2. Localizing the International: On Similar Pathways and Variant Outcomes of Socialization in IR 3. Post-Soviet Kazakhstan’s Democratization Pathway (1991 – 2001): ‘Failed’ Socialization or ‘Successful’ Localization? How Newly Independent Kazakhstan became a ‘Democracy with Soviet Characteristics’ 4. Kazakhstan’s Continued Democratization Pathway (2002 – 2012): From ‘Soviet Characteristics’ to the ‘Kazakh Way’ 5. The ‘Kazakh Way’: A Chinese Construct? 6. Strategic Localization Going Global: The Belt and Road Initiative. Conclusion: Democracy and the Global-Local Nexus of Western Dominance in a Multipolar World

Info autore

Luba von Hauff is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany.

Riassunto

This book examines China’s efforts to multi-polarize - and hence potentially de-liberalize - the international system from a local perspective and then applies these insights to Beijing’s current global agency in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: von Hauff, Luba von Hauff, Luba (Dgap Von Hauff, Luba (University of the Bundeswehr Muni Von Hauff
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367030643
• ISBN: 978-0-367-03064-3
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Routledge Studies on Challenges, Crises and Dissent in World Politics
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Regional Geography, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies