This comprehensive and innovative book examines and explains the development of the relationship between China and the United Nations in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Using historical research and contemporary case studies, the book stresses the importance of domestic determinants of UN policy and concludes that the chances for international actors to significantly influence Chinese UN policy making remain very limited.

China and the United Nations (The United Nations and Global Change)

Politics & Social Sciences

Oertel, Janka

Politics & Government

Nomos/Bloomsbury

Chinas Engagement with the United Nations (UN) has greatly increased under the leadership of Hu Jintao. The economic and political developments in China have led to a pluralization of foreign policy actors. Against this background, the analysis positions itself between the research fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics, within the current debate about the role of domestic politics in international relations in liberal and constructivist approaches as well as recent contributions on the responsiveness of authoritarian systems.  In four case studies (Peacekeeping, R2P, MDGs and Sustainability) it demonstrates that the Chinese leadership makes strategic use of UN policy to strengthen its domestic position while it has to increasingly take the preferences of domestic actors into account. The book concludes that the chances for international actors to influence Chinese UN policy making remain limited - Chinese UN policy is determined on the domestic level.

China and the United Nations: Chinese UN Policy in the Areas of Peace and Development in the Era of Hu Jintao (The United Nations and Global Change)

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

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China and the United Nations (The United Nations and Global Change)

China and the United Nations: Chinese UN Policy in the Areas of Peace and Development in the Era of Hu Jintao (The United Nations and Global Change)