The Guanxi of Relational International Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Guanxi of Relational International Theory write by Emilian Kavalski. This book was released on 2017-10-03. The Guanxi of Relational International Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a relational theory of International Relations (IR). To show the ways in which the relationality is foreshadowed in IR conversations it makes the following three points: 1) it recovers a mode of IR theorizing as itinerant translation; 2) it deploys the concept and practices of guanxi (employed here as a heuristic device revealing the infinite capacity of international interactions to create and construct multiple worlds) to uncover the outlines of a relational IR theorizing; and 3) it demonstrates that relational theorizing is at the core of projects for worlding IR. By engaging with the phenomenon of relationality, Emilian Kavalski invokes the complexity of possible worlds and demonstrates new possibilities for powerful ethical-political innovations in IR theorizing. Thus, relational IR theorizing emerges as an optic which both acknowledges the agency of ‘others’ in the context of myriad interpretative intersections of people, powers, and environments (as well as their complex histories, cultures, and agency) and stimulates awareness of the dynamically-intertwined contingencies through which meanings are generated contingently through interactions in communities of practice. The book will have a strong appeal to the broad academic readership in Asian Studies, Political Science, Comparative Politics, International Relations theory and students and scholars of non-/post-Western International Relations and non-/post-Western Political Thought.
A Relational Theory of World Politics
A Relational Theory of World Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Relational Theory of World Politics write by Yaqing Qin. This book was released on 2018-04-05. A Relational Theory of World Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A reinterpretation of world politics drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions to argue for a focus on relations amongst actors, rather than on the actors individually.
Guanxi, How China Works
Guanxi, How China Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Guanxi, How China Works write by Yanjie Bian. This book was released on 2019-03-04. Guanxi, How China Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How do social relations, or guanxi, matter in China today and how can this distinctive form of personal connection be better understood? In Guanxi: How China Works, Yanjie Bian analyzes the forms, dynamics, and impacts of guanxi relations in reform-era China, and shows them to be a crucial part of the puzzle of how Chinese society operates. Rich in original studies and insightful analyses, this concise book offers a critical synthesis of guanxi research, including its empirical controversies and theoretical debates. Bian skillfully illustrates the growing importance of guanxi in diverse areas such as personal network building, employment and labor markets, informal business relationships, and the broader political sphere, highlighting guanxi’s central value in China's contemporary social structure. A definitive statement on the topic from a top authority on the sociology of guanxi, this book is an excellent classroom introduction for courses on China, a useful reference for guanxi researchers, and ideal reading for anyone interested in Chinese culture and society.
Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China
Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China write by Ji Ruan. This book was released on 2016-11-01. Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on the use of guanxi (Chinese personal connections) in everyday urban life: in particular, how and why people develop different types of social capital in their guanxi networks and the role of guanxi in school choice. Guanxi takes on a special significance in Chinese societies, and is widely-discussed and intensely-studied phenomenon today. In recent years in China, the phenomenon of parents using guanxi to acquire school places for their children has been frequently reported by the media, against the background of the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on corruption. From a sociological perspective, this book reveals how and why parents manage to do so. Ritual capital refers to an individual's ability to use ritual to benefit and gain resources from guanxi.
China’s Rise and Rethinking International Relations Theory
China’s Rise and Rethinking International Relations Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook China’s Rise and Rethinking International Relations Theory write by Pan, Chengxin. This book was released on 2022-02-16. China’s Rise and Rethinking International Relations Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bringing together leading scholars from Asia and the West, this book investigates how the dynamics of China’s rise in world politics contributes to theory-building in International Relations (IR). The book demonstrates how the complex and transformative nature of China’s advancement is also a point of departure for theoretical innovation and reflection in IR more broadly. In doing so, the volume builds a strong case for a genuinely global and post-Western IR. It contends that ‘non-Western’ countries should not only be considered potential sources of knowledge production, but also original and legitimate focuses of IR theorizing in their own right.
