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East Asia’s Power Shift

The Flaws and Hazards of the Debate and How to Avoid Them

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ID23197863
AuthorsLinus Hagström (0000-0001-7495-055X), Björn Jerdén (0000-0002-9689-0188)
Year2014
Volume38
Issue3
Pages337-362
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian perspective (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-9184 • E-ISSN: 2288-2871
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/apr.2014.0014
OpenAlexW2130497765
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited70

The widespread debate on an East Asian power shift is generally based on the crude notion that power and capability are inter-changeable. We critique this view and offer the alternative that power is the capacity of actors and discourses to produce effects— what we call relational and productive power, respectively. We also engage in a reflexive exercise by addressing the productive power of the power-shift debate itself, and emphasize the danger that this debate might enable the kind of realpolitik that it forebodes.

China · East Asia · Epistemology · Paradigm shift · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Realpolitik · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy

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Citations per year0,64
Citation span2015 - 2023 (9)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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