{"product_id":"9781666965872","title":"Contested Identity The Discourses Shaping China’s Foreign Policy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eContested Identity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Discourses Shaping China’s Foreign Policy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNicholas Olczak\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ International Relations \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eContested Identity: The Discourses Shaping China's Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e provides a theoretically innovative analysis of China's foreign policy through the lens of identity discourses. It critiques established IR paradigms of realism, liberalism, and conventional constructivism for their limited explanatory power regarding short-term changes in China's foreign policy. Nicholas Olczak proposes that these changes can be better understood using a Lacanian poststructuralist framework which sees them as made possible by competing societal identity discourses. It argues that there is an ongoing discussion between members of the Chinese public and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), about who they are, and what China is – attempting to make sense of China's identity as it has risen and become an important global power. This dynamic is investigated through two in-depth case studies, each focusing on a key issue in China's international relations that has global significance – North Korea and the South China Sea. This detailed and nuanced analysis deepens our understanding of China's strategic behavior and convincingly demonstrates why we should pay close attention to ongoing debates about its identity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNicholas Olczak is postdoctoral researcher at the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG), and is based at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, both at Stockholm University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666965872\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331964207244,"sku":"9781666965872","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666965872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}