Overview
- Examines comprehensively the paradigmatic issues in China studies
- Answers why Theories in areas studies have failed to predict the reversal of China’s reform under Xi Jinping
- Features all prominent scholars in the area who come from such diverse backgrounds
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of “de-coupling,” indicating that the engagement policy with China in the last four decade is ending. The “modernization theory” that is the theoretical foundation of the engagement policy has proved to be insufficient.
This situation calls for a reexamination of the field of China studies. Historically, scholarly paradigms shifts often went hand in hand with drastic social change. As we have entered an era of great uncertainty, it is constructive to reflect on the paradigms in China studies in the past and explore the possibility of new paradigms in the future. How are the shifts of major theories, methods and paradigms in China studies in the west related to social change? How did some of China’s paradigms impact on the country’s socialchange and developments?
This book will appeal to a wide readership, including scholars and graduate students, upper division undergraduate students of China studies, Asian studies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Shiping Hua is Calvin & Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program, Professor of Political Science at The University of Louisville, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Paradigm Shifts in Chinese Studies
Editors: Shiping Hua
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8032-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-8031-1Published: 07 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-8034-2Published: 07 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-8032-8Published: 06 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 309
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of China, Asian Politics, Political Sociology