Author |
Trương, Thanh-Đạm,
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Series |
SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, Peace and security studies, 2193-3162 ; volume 24 |
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SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace. Peace and security studies ;
v. 24.
2193-3162
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Subject |
Law of the sea -- South China Sea.
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Sea control -- Political aspects -- South China Sea.
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Regionalism -- Asia.
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South China Sea -- International status.
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South China Sea -- Strategic aspects.
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Alt Name |
Knio, Karim,
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Description |
1 online resource (xii, 105 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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polychrome rdacc |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Critical Realism and the Morphogenetic Approach -- A Critical Genealogy of the Emergence of South China Sea as a 'Complex' in International Relations -- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and China's Assertion of the U-shaped Line -- Conclusion. |
Summary |
This book offers an innovative approach to the analysis of the current crisis in the South China Sea. Moving beyond the spirit of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the mechanisms of which are limited to physical geography, it demonstrates how epistemological insights from the field of critical realist philosophy can reveal the importance of cultural and structural conditioning processes in social interactions, processes which shape the conditions for the emergence of crisis points along a spectrum of conflict and cooperation. The potential for conflict resolution and the emergence of new regions in Pacific Asia much depends on the nature of such interactions at many levels (political-economic, semiotic and cultural) based on perceptions of what constitutes the "common" versus a Sinicised version of "Lebensraum." |
Access |
License restrictions may limit access. |
Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2016). |
ISBN |
9783319135519 (electronic bk.) |
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3319135511 (electronic bk.) |
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3319135503 (print) |
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9783319135502 (print) |
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9783319135502 |
ISBN/ISSN |
10.1007/978-3-319-13551-9 |
OCLC # |
935345113 |
Additional Format |
Printed edition: 9783319135502 |
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