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Offering a fresh and unique approach to surveying the historical transformations of the Chinese state, this book focuses on human security in contrast with the twenty-first century obsession with national security.



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'He has made a unique contribution to increasing our understanding of Chinese state sovereignty and state-building' - Gerald Chan, International Spectator, September 2008



Table of Contents

1. Human Survival, Human Institutions, and Human Security 2. Dimensions of Human Security: Foundations in Individual Human Life 3. The Modern Sovereign Nation-State 4. Prologue to a Theory of Human Security 5. A Notational Theory of Human Security 6. Actualizing Imperial Sovereignty in Ancient China 7. Claiming Dynastic Sovereignty under the Imperial Meta-Constitution 8. Sovereignty and State-Building in Late Qing and Republican China 9. Contemporary China's Incomplete Sovereignty - Fusion, Succession, and Adoption

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/02/2007
      ISBN13: 9780415412551, 978-0415412551
      ISBN10: 0415412552

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Offering a fresh and unique approach to surveying the historical transformations of the Chinese state, this book focuses on human security in contrast with the twenty-first century obsession with national security.



      Trade Review

      'He has made a unique contribution to increasing our understanding of Chinese state sovereignty and state-building' - Gerald Chan, International Spectator, September 2008



      Table of Contents

      1. Human Survival, Human Institutions, and Human Security 2. Dimensions of Human Security: Foundations in Individual Human Life 3. The Modern Sovereign Nation-State 4. Prologue to a Theory of Human Security 5. A Notational Theory of Human Security 6. Actualizing Imperial Sovereignty in Ancient China 7. Claiming Dynastic Sovereignty under the Imperial Meta-Constitution 8. Sovereignty and State-Building in Late Qing and Republican China 9. Contemporary China's Incomplete Sovereignty - Fusion, Succession, and Adoption

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