This volume offers systematic analysis of China's growing engagement in global governance institutions over the past three decades. During this period, China has gone from outsider to observer to insider. The volume is based on studies of Chinese involvement in a wide cross section of regimes, including trade, finance, intellectual property rights, foreign aid, and climate change.

The contributions show that China's participation in global governance reflects the mutually interactive processes of China's own socialization into the global community and the simultaneous adaptation of global institutions and actors to China's growing activism. Both China and the international system are internally complex. Hence, Chinese engagement varies across economic regimes, yielding different results in terms of Chinese compliance, its influence on regimes, and the extent of cooperation and conflict in addressing challenges in international society. The chapters reveal that China is neither purely a savior nor scofflaw of the global economic system, and while China is a defender of the status quo in some areas, it is a reformer in others, and occasionally a revisionist in still other spheres.

A detailed analysis of many areas of global governance, this volume will be essential reading for students and scholars of international relations, Chinese studies and global governance.

About the Author
Scott Kennedy is Deputy Director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies and Director of the Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Reviews

'China's growing participation in the institutions of global economic governance in recent years is undeniable, but discussion of them is too often facile. This volume, which brings together an impressive group of scholars, serves as a major contribution to our understanding of the substantial variability of China's behavior over a wide range of economic regimes, and why the details matter.'

- Margaret M. Pearson, University of Maryland, USA

'China's emergence as an economic superpower is the defining event of our times. Its smooth integration into the global economy requires adjustments both on its part and on the part of international institutions. This insightful book shows how the adjustment is proceeding in different areas - trade, finance, G20 coordination - and what are remaining challenges. An essential read for understanding China's role in the world.'

- David Dollar, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings, USA

A distinguished roster of Chinese and American scholars offer an original and convincing perspective on China's influence over global governance. Issue area by issue area, the authors illuminate both domestic and international drivers of China's orientation toward global economic institutions.

- Miles Kahler, American University and Council on Foreign Relations, USA

Book Information
ISBN 9780415810173
Author Scott Kennedy
Format Paperback
Page Count 290
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 362g