{"product_id":"orchestration-james-reilly-9780197526347","title":"Orchestration: China's Economic Statecraft Across Asia and Europe","description":"The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the \"commanding heights\" of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration. Drawing upon extensive field research across Asia and Europe, \u003cem\u003eOrchestration \u003c\/em\u003etraces the origins, operations, and effectiveness of China's economic statecraft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, James Reilly examines the ideas and institutions at the heart of China's approach to economic statecraft, and assesses Beijing's orchestration in four cases: Myanmar, North Korea, Western Europe, and Central\/Eastern Europe. China's unique experience as a planned economy, and then a developmental state, all under a single Leninist party, left Chinese leaders with unchallenged authority over their economy. However, despite successfully mobilizing companies, banks, and local officials to rapidly expand trade and investment abroad, Chinese leaders largely failed to influence key policy decisions overseas. For countries around the world, economic engagement with China thus yields more benefits with fewer costs than generally assumed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchestration \u003c\/em\u003eengages three central questions. First, why does China deploy economic statecraft in this particular fashion? Secondly, when is China's economic statecraft most effective? Finally, what can the China case tell us about economic statecraft more broadly? The findings show how China uses economic resources to exert influence abroad and identify when Beijing is most effective. By exploring the domestic drivers of China's economic statecraft, this book helps launch a new research field: the comparative study of economic statecraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Reilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197526349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197526347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"James Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943450673407,"sku":"9780197526347","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_73949d00-f06c-45f6-938c-f319188ecf5e.jpg?v=1681498191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orchestration-james-reilly-9780197526347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}