China on the Rise: The Transformation of Structural Power in the Era of Multipolarity

This book analyses China’s multidimensional rise in the context of the international political economy, drawing on Susan Strange’s concept of ＂structural power.＂

Examining the sources of Chinese power along with its geopolitical, economic, and cultural reflections, the authors consider how China’s rise is linked with the incremental process of multipolarization in world politics.

Providing a systematic, analytical, and empirically rich account of China’s surge in the international political economy, this study will appeal to scholars, policy-makers, and students with interests in China studies, international political economy, and international relations.

Efe Can Gürcan is Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as Research Associate at the University of Manitoba’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group and Associate Professor at Istinye University. He is author of Imperialism after the Neoliberal Turn and Multipolarization, South-South Cooperation and the Rise of Post-Hegemonic Governance. His latest co-authored book is Collective Empowerment in Latin America: Indigenous Peasant Movements and Political Transformation.

Can Donduran is Assistant Professor of International Relations, the Vice Director of the Institute of Graduate Education, and the Director of the Center for Belt and Road Studies at Istinye University, Turkey.