The Relevance of Deep Pluralism for China’s Foreign Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12907347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feng Zhang (0000-0002-7444-1103, South China University of Technology, corresponding author), Barry Buzan (0000-0002-7922-5194, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 246-271 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjip/poac014 |
| OpenAlex | W4286715743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Deep pluralism describes a global society in which power, wealth, and cultural and political authority are distributed diffusely within a system that has high interaction capacity and is strongly interdependent. This concept has empirical and normative value for understanding China’s foreign policy. Empirically, it enables us to see that China has been a key driver of deep pluralism in its modern history. Normatively, it points to the importance of the contestation between consensual and contested forms of deep pluralism and the critical role China can play in this contestation. China is now facing choices between those motivated by raison d’etat (narrow self-interest) and raison de système (system-wide responsibility incorporating enlightened self-interest). For its professed goals of international peace and development, it is imperative that China promote a consensual form of deep pluralism in the spirit of raison de système. In the Asian region, where its regional policy is entangled with its US policy, this would require it to ameliorate contested deep pluralism in its policies towards the USA while adopting a consistent strategy of reassurance towards its neighbours
China · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Interdependence · Law and economics · Normative · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |