Special Issue: THE STATE OF THE CHINA STUDIES FIELD - Introduction
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 1-10
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 1-10
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 289-319
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 165-199
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1013-2511
The essay explores US policy toward Taiwan & the People's Republic of China, the question of whether the current Bush administration has shifted from the Clinton administration's apparent pro-Beijing position, & the implications of the so-called "Taiwan threat" for the tripartite US-China-Taiwan relationship. The author identifies empirical, subjective, normative, & causal components of the hypothesis, & summarizes the contents of the special issue as they engage with these themes. K. Coddon
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 165-199
ISSN: 1013-2511
The goal of this article is to construct a useful typology of ideas that influence foreign policy preferences that individuals hold, using a case study of the ideas embedded in the general debates over US policy with regard to the People's Republic of China & Taiwan. Building on the typology of policy-relevant ideas provided by Goldstein & Keohane, this article (1) argues that "worldviews" are actually best viewed as packages of more basic ideas, & (2) calls for the addition of a new category of ideas, "ordering principles," that, along with "principled beliefs" & "cause-effect ideas" help explain differences in inter- & intra-worldview policy preference. Based on this theoretical framework, the article provides an overview of the debates in the US regarding the policy importance of China & Taiwan. The argument is that there exist four main types of ideas-based worldviews in the US toward the China-Taiwan issue: international realism, sentimental realism, international liberalism, & sentimental liberalism. These main orientations -- as well as important ideational variation within them -- help explain the diversity of opinion found in general discussions of whether Taiwan poses a threat to stable Sino-American relations. Whether a "Taiwan threat" exists, therefore, depends on the ideas & preferences of those you ask. Adapted from the source document.
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 1-10
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38-39, Heft 4-1, S. 289-317
ISSN: 1013-2511
This article seeks to highlight the methods by which The China Quarterly (CQ) -- the founding journal of the modern China studies field -- has helped create a larger communal identity among researchers interested in the People's Republic of China. The argument is that CQ has used a variety of tools at its disposal -- including choices regarding articles, book reviews, research notes, obituaries, cover design, editorial staff, advisory board, editorial notes, advertisements, & extra-journal activities & publications -- to (1) create an editor-readership connection that creates a more intimate "community of like-minded scholars"; (2) maintain an informal yet quite public "China studies field membership list"; (3) act as a community newsletter, noting events, institutes, & publications of interest to the field; (4) present a "living textual history" of the development of the field; & (5) define or debate the topics, methodologies, & broad research directions that constitute China studies research. These five functions have allowed CQ to shape a communal identity among China watchers that extends far beyond the journal itself. The article closes by drawing implications for attempts to define the China studies field today. Adapted from the source document.
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 289-319
ISSN: 1013-2511
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 165-199
ISSN: 2529-802X
The goal of this article is to construct a useful typology of ideas that influence foreign policy preferences that individuals hold, using a case study of the ideas embedded in the general debates over U.S. policy to the PRC and Taiwan. This article builds on the typology of policy-relevant ideas provided by Goldstein and Keohane, and 1) argues that "world views" is actually best viewed as packages of more basic ideas and 2) calls for the addition of a new category of ideas, "ordering principles", that along with "principled beliefs" and "cause-effect ideas" help explain differences in inter- and intra-world view policy preference. Based on this theoretical framework, the article provides an overview of the debates in the United States regarding the policy importance of China and Taiwan. The argument is that there exist four main types of ideas-based world views in the United States toward the China-Taiwan issue: "international realism", "sentimental realism", "international liberalism", and "sentimental liberalism". These main orientations - as well as important ideational variation within them - help explain the diversity of opinion found in the general discussions of whether Taiwan poses a threat to stable Sino-American relations. Whether a "Taiwan threat" exists, therefore, depends on the ideas and preferences of those you ask. (Issues Stud/DÜI)
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In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 1-16
ISSN: 2529-802X
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In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 38-39, Heft 4-1: Special Issue: The state of the China studies field, S. 289-317
ISSN: 1013-2511
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