{"product_id":"looking-for-balance-china-the-united-states-and-power-balancing-in-east-asia-9780804788601","title":"Looking for Balance: China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebate surrounding China's rise, and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should contain or engage China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to balance against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy drawing on alternative theoretic approaches--most especially balance-of-threat theory, political economic theory, and theories of regime survival and economic interdependence, Steve Chan is able to create an explanation of regional developments that differs widely from the traditional strategic vision of national interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe concludes that China's primary aim is not to match U.S. military might or the foreign policy influence that flows from that power, and that its neighbors are not balancing against its rising power because, in today's guns-versus-butter fiscal reality, balancing policies would entail forfeiting possible gains that can accrue from cooperation, economic growth, and the application of GDP to nonmilitary ends. Instead, most East Asian countries have collectively pivoted to a strategy of elite legitimacy and regime survival based on economic performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804788601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Chan is College Professor of Distinction at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eChina, the U.S., and the Power-Transition Theory: A Critique\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnduring Rivalries in the Asia Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40146708332659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f1e760fd-5e78-42cd-8604-a03a3d2adc8b.jpg?v=1654695822","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/looking-for-balance-china-the-united-states-and-power-balancing-in-east-asia-9780804788601","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}