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Political Economic Perspectives of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Reshaping Regional Integration book cover

1st Edition

Political Economic Perspectives of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Reshaping Regional Integration

By Christian Ploberger Copyright 2020
100 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

100 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

100 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The book begins with an overview on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, highlighting its complex character as a domestic and international development strategy, and offering an up-to-date evaluation of it. In response to this complexity, the book attempts to highlight the Belt and Road Initiative’s double character and how it will address primary domestic development challenges that the Chinese... Read more

1. Introduction and Overview

2. The Belt and Road Initiative in the Context of China’s Rise

3. The Belt and Road Initiative in the Context of China’s Reform Process: Addressing the Challenge of Domestic Development by Supporting Transborder Cooperation

4. Cooperation Required: Reluctant Partners, Countries with a Second Thought, and Disunity within the European Union

5. Regionalism, Regionalisation, and the Belt and Road Initiative

6. Conclusion

Biography

Christian Ploberger is an independent academic researcher with research interests in international relations, regional integration, and climate change-related risks. The geographical focus of his research is on East Asia in general and on China specifically. He has visited East Asia regularly since 1993.

"An informative and balanced introduction to the complexities of the Belt and Road." - Shaun Breslin, Professor, University of Warwick

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