China's Challenge to Liberal Norms: The Durability of International Order

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Research Puzzle and Scope -- The Argument -- Why Explore China and Normative Change Within Institutions? -- Literature on China and International Order -- Liberal Institutionalists -- China's Rise Producing Conflict with the USA -- China Is Not Rising Significantly Enough to Challenge the International Order -- Approach and Scope of This Research -- Methods and Methodology -- Structure of the Book -- Part I Conceptual Tools -- Chapter 2 China as a Normative Power? -- What Is Power? -- What Makes a Normative Power? -- Recognising China as a Normative and Great Power? -- Chapter 3 Concepts of International Order -- What Is Order? -- How Is Order Created? -- Power -- Institutions -- The Role and Limits of Socialisation for Maintaining Order -- The Construction of Order and the Limitation of Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Norms, Order, and Social Change: Laying Out a Toolkit for Normative Change -- The Role of Institutions in Normative Change -- The Character of Norms -- Norms Are Socially Constructed 'Facts' -- Norms Are Inter-Subjective -- Norms Are Contextual -- The Strength of International Norms -- How Can Normative Change Be Measured? -- How Do Norms Change? -- The Role of Interpretation -- What Role Is There for States in Driving Normative Change? -- Tools for Challenging International Norms (Identifying Material Causes) -- Reframing Existing Debates -- New Issues -- New Populations -- New Institutions -- Facilitating Normative Change (Identifying Formal Causes) -- Legitimacy and Legitimate Action -- Changing Balance of Power -- Changing the Balance of Power Between Individual States -- Changing Balance of Power Between Regions -- External Shocks -- Failure of Previous Norms -- Analysing China's Challenge to International Order