TY - CHAP
T1 - Paths Towards Chinese Foreign Policy
AU - Duggan, Niall
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Traditionally, those who study the foreign policy of China have argued that the Chinese foreign-policy process is centralized and secretive by nature. However, a number of studies have shown that the system has become less centralized and more open (Z. Zhou, 2010; Q. Zhang, 2010; Chan, 1978). Linda Jakoson and Dean Knox (2010, p. 48) find that ‘it is no longer possible to think of China’s decision makers as a unitary force’. They claim that, ‘In contemporary China a cacophony of voices urges Chinese decision makers to pursue a variety of foreign policies’ (2010, p. 47). This implies that in terms of foreign-policy making, China has moved from a highly centralized body where only a few actors are involved in the process to a more decentralized system with a greater number of participants.
AB - Traditionally, those who study the foreign policy of China have argued that the Chinese foreign-policy process is centralized and secretive by nature. However, a number of studies have shown that the system has become less centralized and more open (Z. Zhou, 2010; Q. Zhang, 2010; Chan, 1978). Linda Jakoson and Dean Knox (2010, p. 48) find that ‘it is no longer possible to think of China’s decision makers as a unitary force’. They claim that, ‘In contemporary China a cacophony of voices urges Chinese decision makers to pursue a variety of foreign policies’ (2010, p. 47). This implies that in terms of foreign-policy making, China has moved from a highly centralized body where only a few actors are involved in the process to a more decentralized system with a greater number of participants.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85136782220
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-8813-2_4
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-8813-2_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85136782220
T3 - Governing China in the 21st Century
SP - 47
EP - 67
BT - Governing China in the 21st Century
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -