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Author: Carrie Liu Currier ,
Manochehr Dorraj
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781441175557
ISBN 10: 1441175555
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 20 January 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
Many commentators have grappled with the strategic implications of China's resource drive in the developing world. Few however have done this as eloquently and thoughtfully as the contributors to the volume edited by Currier and Dorraj. It offers a wealth of solid knowledge and sharp insights into the evolution, patterns, and practices of China's pursuit of energy security. Apart from examining rigorously the history, regional contexts, and prospective trajectories of Beijing's global outlook, the collection provides a revealing and pioneering engagement with China's own unique juncture between the developing and developed worlds. In this setting, while provocatively contending that energy security is an ongoing quest rather than an attainable end-state, the volume offers a much-needed reconsideration of the conceptual and policy outlines of China's emerging international agency. The analysis of Beijing's increasing interest and investment in the developing world demonstrates that the dominant Western view of China as either a friend or a foe obscures the nuances of what is ultimately a much more complex Chinese involvement in the dynamics of global politics. Thus, to the buffs of Chinese foreign policy, the volume edited by Currier and Dorraj offers a superbly researched account of both the analytical and empirical engagement with Beijing's international agency. To the neophytes, it makes available a rarely comprehensive glimpse into China's energy relations with the developing world. It is expected therefore that the scope and depth of the volume will be invaluable for the purposes of both teaching and further analysis of the ongoing transformations in global life as a result of increasing prominence of China's external outreach. - Emilian Kavalski - Lecturer in Politics and International Relations School of Humanities and Languages/ Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy University of Western Sydney--Sanford Lakoff
Many commentators have grappled with the strategic implications of China's resource drive in the developing world. Few however have done this as eloquently and thoughtfully as the contributors to the volume edited by Currier and Dorraj. It offers a wealth of solid knowledge and sharp insights into the evolution, patterns, and practices of China's pursuit of energy security. Apart from examining rigorously the history, regional contexts, and prospective trajectories of Beijing's global outlook, the collection provides a revealing and pioneering engagement with China's own unique juncture between the developing and developed worlds. In this setting, while provocatively contending that energy security is an ongoing quest rather than an attainable end-state, the volume offers a much-needed reconsideration of the conceptual and policy outlines of China's emerging international agency. The analysis of Beijing's increasing interest and investment in the developing world demonstrates that the dominant Western view of China as either a friend or a foe obscures the nuances of what is ultimately a much more complex Chinese involvement in the dynamics of global politics. Thus, to the buffs of Chinese foreign policy, the volume edited by Currier and Dorraj offers a superbly researched account of both the analytical and empirical engagement with Beijing's international agency. To the neophytes, it makes available a rarely comprehensive glimpse into China's energy relations with the developing world. It is expected therefore that the scope and depth of the volume will be invaluable for the purposes of both teaching and further analysis of the ongoing transformations in global life as a result of increasing prominence of China's external outreach. - Emilian Kavalski - Lecturer in Politics and International Relations School of Humanities and Languages/ Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy University of Western Sydney--,
Many commentators have grappled with the strategic implications of China's resource drive in the developing world. Few however have done this as eloquently and thoughtfully as the contributors to the volume edited by Currier and Dorraj. It offers a wealth of solid knowledge and sharp insights into the evolution, patterns, and practices of China's pursuit of energy security. Apart from examining rigorously the history, regional contexts, and prospective trajectories of Beijing's global outlook, the collection provides a revealing and pioneering engagement with China's own unique juncture between the developing and developed worlds. In this setting, while provocatively contending that energy security is an ongoing quest rather than an attainable end-state, the volume offers a much-needed reconsideration of the conceptual and policy outlines of China's emerging international agency. The analysis of Beijing's increasing interest and investment in the developing world demonstrates that the
Author Information
Carrie Liu Currier is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Asian Studies at Texas Christian University. Her research interests are focused on China's economic reform policies to understand how developing countries are adapting to the demands of globalization. Her publications include several articles in the American Journal of Chinese Studies, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Politics and Policy. Manochehr Dorraj is Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University where he teaches courses on International Relations, Globalization, Politics of Developing Nations, and the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. He has published extensively on Third World and Middle East development issues and their foreign relations.
