03947nam a22006135i 4500 978-981-96-3388-3 DE-He213 20251030114948.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250228s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819633883 978-981-96-3388-3 10.1007/978-981-96-3388-3 doi GN301-674 JHMC bicssc SOC002000 bisacsh JHMC thema LEE, Kian Cheng. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90978 Researching the Belt and Road Initiative [electronic resource] : A Cross-Civilizational and Interdisciplinary Approach / by Kian Cheng LEE. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XIII, 105 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda SpringerBriefs in Political Science, 2191-5474 Introduction -- Problematizing Existing Approaches to BRI Studies -- Cross-Civilizational Negotiation between Western and Chinese Epistemic Perspectives in BRI Research -- Interdisciplinary Contributions from Anthropological Perspectives in BRI Research -- Toward a Heuristic Framework Integrating Cross-Civilizational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives in BRI Research -- Conclusion. This book offers a cross-civilizational and interdisciplinary approach to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) research to mitigate the problematiques of extant literature. Instead of employing conventional lenses of geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic analyses that are predominant, this book offers fresh perspectives that venture into other civilizational and disciplinary territories while critically seeking integration without falling into romanticizing or essentializing any notions. Due to epistemic inadequacies and other conceptual limitations of existing approaches, this book argues that a heuristic framework drawing from the negotiation between Western and Chinese perspectives as well as integration of anthropological-international relations conceptualizations can provide greater potency in unravelling the intricacies of BRI studies. This book is a timely contribution to the ameliorating of the rising tensions between US and China over the recent years. An interdisciplinary toolkit for researchers in BRI-related research, as well as those in government organizations, policy-making bodies, think-tanks, trade and industry sectors, the book presents a paradigmatic shift from a predominantly hegemonic Western thinking about the BRI and its role in the region, and within academic dialogue. . Ethnology. 58687 Anthropology. 60002 Knowledge, Theory of. 59222 International relations. 58103 Comparative government. 67598 Asia Politics and government. 69658 Ethnography. 70800 Anthropology. 60002 Epistemology. 69783 International Relations. 58103 Comparative Politics. 60386 Asian Politics. 69661 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819633876 Printed edition: 9789819633890 Printed edition: 9789819633906 SpringerBriefs in Political Science, 2191-5474 75693 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3388-3 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 66804 66804