The Beijing Consensus
Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time
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Publisher Description
Beijing presents a clear and gathering threat to Washington -- but not for the reasons you think. China's challenge to the West stems from its transformative brand of capitalism and an entirely different conception of the international community. In The Beijing Consensus, a leading expert in international relations presents a coherent integration of the many sides of U.S.-China relations.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Halper cogently rejects the conventional wisdom that suggests America s relationship with China is on track in this lucid, probing text. Moving beyond approaches to China that focus on its burgeoning economic dominance, the book in the vein of Martin Jacques s recent When China Rules the World underscores the political and cultural challenge that a rising China presents. Halper (coauthor of America Alone), a fellow at the University of Cambridge, contends that there is little possibility of a genuine partnership between China and the U.S.; continued growth will not lead China s political system to become any more free or open, and its brand of authoritarian capitalism will compete with the West s democratic ideal as a possible model for the developing world. Though his position may seem pessimistic, the author does believe that China s concern with its prestige in the world gives the United States leverage in its attempt to shape the geopolitics, and he concludes this sobering, excellently argued book with a series of concrete policy recommendations to that end.
