Overview
- Demonstrates a practical methodological approach for analyzing naval developments in China and anywhere in the world
- In-depth assessments of China's domestic and foreign policy concerns
- Drawing on personal work experience in the naval shipbuilding industry
- Makes the domestic Chinese discourse accessible to the Western reader by analyzing various Chinese-language sources
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Global Power Shift (GLOBAL)
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About this book
This book analyzes the rise of China’s naval power and its possible strategic consequences from a wide variety of perspectives – technological, economic, and geostrategic – while employing a historical-comparative approach throughout. Since naval development requires huge financial resources and mostly takes place within the context of transnational industrial partnerships, this study also consciously adopts an industry perspective. The systemic problems involved in warship production and the associated material, financial, technological, and political requirements currently remain overlooked aspects in the case of China.
Drawing on first-hand working experience in the naval shipbuilding industry, the author provides transparent criteria for the evaluation of different naval technologies’ strategic value, which other researchers can draw upon as a basis for further research in such diverse fields as International Security Studies, Naval Warfare Studies, Chinese Studies, and International Relations.
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About the author
Sarah Kirchberger is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary China Studies at the Asia-Africa-Institute (AAI), University of Hamburg. A former analyst with shipbuilder Blohm + Voss, she holds an MA and a PhD in Sinology. Her publications include a book on informal politics in China and Taiwan and various articles and book chapters on China’s political system, political history, domestic politics, foreign policy, and naval modernization.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assessing China's Naval Power
Book Subtitle: Technological Innovation, Economic Constraints, and Strategic Implications
Authors: Sarah Kirchberger
Series Title: Global Power Shift
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47127-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47126-5Published: 07 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52205-9Published: 18 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47127-2Published: 23 June 2015
Series ISSN: 2198-7343
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7351
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 318
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Relations, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Mechanical Engineering