China's Challenge to Liberal Norms

Catherine Jones is Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. Her work focuses on the engagement of East Asian states with institutions contributing to global governance. Her research has been published in The Pacific Review, International Politics, and Pacific Focus, as well as in various book chapters. This project was initially funded through by the Leverhulme Trust, through a major research project – the Liberal Way of War – at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading.

Chapter One – Introduction.- Part I: Conceptual Tools.- Chapter Two – China as a Normative Power? Chapter Three – Concepts of International Order.- Chapter Four – Norms, Order and Social Change: Laying Out a Toolkit for Normative Change.- Part II: Re-Interpreting Sovereignty by Contesting Norms: China and the United Nations.- Chapter Five – Concepts of Sovereignty and their Evolution and Status.- Chapter Six – China’s Engagement with the UN Security Council in Debates on Sovereignty Chapter Seven – China and the Responsibility to Protect.- Chapter Eight – Conclusion: China and the Norms of Sovereignty.- Part III: Evolution or Revolution of Development Practices: China and International Development.- Chapter Nine – Liberal Development: The Practice and Assumptions of Aid.- Chapter Ten – Wider implications of China’s Rise as a Development Partner.- Chapter Eleven – Conclusion: China and the Norms of Development.- Chapter Twelve – Conclusion: China’s Challenges to Liberal Norms.