Punctuated equilibria and Sino-American relations : lulls and lurches across the Pacific / Steve Chan, University of Colorado Boulder.

Author/creator Chan, Steve author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxi, 280 pages ; 24 cm
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Portion of title Lulls and lurches across the Pacific
Contents The perspective of punctuated equilibrium -- Punctuated equilibria : a review of political science literature -- Epochal breaks in Sino-American relations, and lulls and lurches -- Prospects of U.S. intervention in a Taiwan crisis and the conjunctive logic -- War, uneven economic growth, and trees don't grow to the sky -- Political entrepreneurship, narrative construction, and pitching the enemy image -- From Sino-American relations to the evolving global picture.
Abstract "In many areas of the natural and physical world, long periods of seeming stasis or small incremental changes are interrupted by large, sudden leaps--thus contradicting Darwinian evolution. This book shows how similar processes characterize international relations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Chan, Steve Punctuated equilibria and Sino-American relations Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009634502
Issued in other formebook version : 9781009634496
LCCN 2025006320
ISBN9781009634465
ISBN9781009634489 hardcover
ISBN1009634488 hardcover
ISBN1009634461 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication
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