Why engage? China and the logic of communicative engagement

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Lynch, Marc ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience costs; China; Communicative action; Engagement; Habermas; Public sphere; Signaling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038511114     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066102008002002     Document Type: Review

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