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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Utpal Vyas |
| ISBN: | 9780415551700 0415551706 9780203835791 0203835794 |
| OCLC Number: | 643568666 |
| Description: | xiv, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- International relations and the era of globalisation -- The changing face of power in international relations -- The increasing relevance of soft power in the global system -- Japan and its relations with China -- The relevance of non-state actors in international relations -- Research questions and hypotheses -- Three-level agent comparison framework -- Structure of the book -- 2. Theories of power in international relations -- Introduction -- Definitions of power -- Realism and neorealism -- Liberalism and neoliberalism -- Critical theories -- Constructivism -- Conclusions -- 3. Soft power: what is it and how does it function? -- Introduction -- What is soft power? -- How is soft power created and utilised? Japan's local governments and their internationalisation -- Development of local government links with between Japan and China -- History of Kobe's relationship with Tianjin and other Chinese cities -- Issues in Kobe City's international activities -- Local government as an agent of Japan's soft power -- 7. The activities of the Japan-China Friendship Association in China -- Non-state level agents -- NGOs: definitions and origins -- International NGOs in Japan -- The Japan-China Friendship Association -- Japan's NGOs as agents of soft power -- 8. Conclusions -- Introduction -- Soft power agents in Japan's relations with China -- Research questions and hypotheses revisited -- Soft power, its agents and constructivism in international relations -- Issues and possible areas for further research. |
| Series Title: | Routledge contemporary Asia series, 29. |
| Responsibility: | Utpal Vyas. |
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