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.
List of contributors --Acknowledgments --Introduction.The making of Chiense international theory? /Yongjin Zhang and Teng-chi Chang --Part I.Ongoing debates --1.What's in a name? : a critical interrogation of the "Chinese school of IR" /L.H.M. Ling --2.The 'Chinese school' debate : personal reflections /Ren Xiao --3.Why is there no Chinese IR theory? : a cultural perspective /Wang Yiwei and Han Xueqing --4.The rise of China and Chinese IR theories : practice and theory-building /Weixing Hu --5.Debating the Chinese school of IR : a reflective review from Taiwan /Teng-Chi Chang --6.Mapping the world from a chinese perspective? : the debate on constructing an IR theory with Chinese characteristics /Nele Noesselt --Part II.Towards sociological realities --7.The English and Chinese schools of international relations : comparison and lessons /Wang Jiangli and Barry Buzan --8.Navigating the core-periphery structures of 'global' IR : dialogues and audiences for the Chinese school as travelling theory /Peter Marcus Kristensen --9.The Tsinghua approach and the future direction of Chinese international relations research /Xu Jin and Sun Xuefeng --10.Balance of relationship and the Chinese school of IR : being simultaneously Confucian, post-Western, and post-hegemonic /Chih-yu Shih and Chiung-Chiu Huang --11.Constructing a Chinese school of IR as sociological reality : intellectual engagement and knowledge production /Yongjin Zhang --Conclusion.Constructing the Chinese school of IR as an intellectual project : a critical assessment /Hun Joon Kim and Yongjin Zhang --Bibliography --Index.
