Contingent states: Greater China and transnational relations
Publication Type
Book
Publication Date
8-2004
Abstract
Contingent States: Greater China and Transnational Relations explores how the concept of Greater China—a dynamic region shaped by economic, cultural, and political networks that stretch beyond conventional nation-state boundaries—challenges traditional approaches in international relations theory. Callahan argues that instead of viewing Greater China as a fixed geopolitical space, it should be understood as a contingent set of relations produced through interactions among bureaucrats, businesses, activists, and everyday people across different locales. Through in-depth case studies—such as the South China Sea disputes, Sino-Korean interactions, Hong Kong’s return to China, and cross-straits relations with Taiwan—the book highlights how these “problems” evoke shifts in sovereignty, identity, democracy, and transnational politics.
Keywords
Greater China, transnational relations, international relations theory, sovereignty, identity, South China Sea, Hong Kong, cross-straits relations, East Asia politics, contingent states
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
ISBN
9780816644001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
City or Country
Minneapolis, United States
Citation
CALLAHAN, William A.. (2004). Contingent states: Greater China and transnational relations. Minneapolis, United States: University of Minnesota Press.
CALLAHAN, William A., "Contingent states: Greater China and transnational relations" (2004). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 4259.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4259
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