{"product_id":"china-japan-and-regional-leadership-in-east-asia-9781849800822","title":"China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book considers themes, evidence and ideas relating to the prospects for regional leadership in East Asia, with particular reference to China and Japan assuming 'regional leader actor' roles. Key issues discussed by the list of distinguished contributors include:\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe extent to which there is an East Asian region to lead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina-Japan relations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edifferent aspects of Japan and China's positions in the East Asia region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow the seemingly inexorable rise of China is being addressed within the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow China and Japan have explored paths of regional leadership through certain regional and multilateral organisations and frameworks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe position of certain 'intermediary powers' (i.e. the United States and Korea) with regards to regional leadership diplomacy in East Asia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvaluably, the concluding chapter brings together the main findings of the book and presents new analytical approaches for studying the nature of, and prospects for leadership in East Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of international relations, regional studies, international political economy and economics as well as Asian and development studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia\u003ci\u003e is a compilation which provides a necessary and welcome update to the Asian regionalism debates of the last decade, bringing together notable experts in Asian area studies and comparative foreign policy to provide many new insights. . . essential reading both for practitioners of Asian studies and those concerned with the role of comparative regionalism in modern international relations.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Marc Lanteigne, East Asia - An International Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'. . . this book is strongly recommended reading for everyone interested in Japan-China relations, leadership, and East Asia. It proves that looking at complex issues from a variety of angles does bring a much deeper understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed it!'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Marie Soderberg, Journal of Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book addresses one of the most intriguing but also under-researched issues of the future of the Asian strategic landscape: who will lead the region and replace US leadership, Japan and China, and what kind of leadership do we have to expect? The authors come to the conclusion that it is a matrix or combination of leadership options rather than a single leadership type, depending on issue domains, governance structure and geospatial scales. . . The conclusions by Christopher Dent admirably draw the theoretical and empirical issues together.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Reinhard Drifte, Pacific Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  Preface  PART I: ‘LEADING’ THE EAST ASIA REGION   1. What Region to Lead? Developments in East Asian Regionalism and Questions of Regional Leadership Christopher M. Dent  PART II: CHINA–JAPAN RELATIONS IN FOCUS 2. Japan’s Policy Towards China: Domestic Structural Change, Globalisation, History and Nationalism Christopher W. Hughes  3. Sino-Japanese Relations After Koizumi and the Limits of ‘New Era’ Diplomacy  Caroline Rose  PART III: JAPAN AND CHINA IN THE EAST ASIA REGION 4. Comparing Summitry, Financial and Trade Regionalisms in East Asia: From the Japanese Perspective Shintaro Hamanaka  5. China’s Place in East Asia Steve Tsang  6. A Regional Partner or a Threatening Other? Chinese Discourse of Japan’s Changing Security Role in East Asia Rex Li  PART IV: ADDRESSING THE RISE OF CHINA 7. Towards a Sino-centric Regional Order? Empowering China and Constructing Regional Order(s) Shaun Breslin  8. Who’s Leading Who in ASEAN–China Relations? Community-Building versus Pax Sinica in the Management of Regional Security Joern Dosch  PART V: REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATION PERSPECTIVES  9. Leadership in Global Governance: Japan and China in the G8 and the United Nations Hugo Dobson  10. Contesting East Asian Security Leadership: China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Neil Renwick  PART VI: INTERMEDIARY POWERS? THE UNITED STATES AND KOREA   11. The United States and East Asia: The Decline of Long-Distance Leadership? Mark Beeson  12. A Shrimp Among the Whales? Korea in the Northeast and East Asia Regional System Christoph Bluth and Christopher M. Dent  PART VII: CONCLUSION 13. Regional Leadership in East Asia: Towards New Analytical Approaches  Christopher M. Dent  Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413891031383,"sku":"9781849800822","price":41.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781849800822.jpg?v=1730521751","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/china-japan-and-regional-leadership-in-east-asia-9781849800822","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}