The Tiananmen crisi: historical reconstruction and theoretical perspectives in international relations

Paolini, Alessandra (A.A. 2023/2024) The Tiananmen crisi: historical reconstruction and theoretical perspectives in international relations. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Giovanni Orsina, pp. 130. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Road to the Tiananmen crackdown. A historic threshold. Deng Xiaoping-the reformer. Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping. Demands of liberalization in a divided China. Escalating violence: firsthand accounts from the heart of the crisis. The massacre. The voice of survivors. Analysing the US perspective from declassified documents. Interpreting Tiananmen: theoretical frameworks and their implications to understand the crisis. Many glasses to read the world: bridging history and theory. Kissinger's Realpolitik: balancing power and pragmatism in the aftermath of Tiananmen Square events. China after the crisis: rebuilding soft power and its international reputation. The struggle for recognition: Fukuyama’s end of history and the Tiananmen crisis. The clash of civilizations and China's rising nationalism: Confucianism and the Asian values discourse. Tiananmen and world-system dynamics: tensions in the transition from periphery to semi-periphery. Constructivism and the Tiananmen crisis: understanding identity, perception and state behaviour.

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Bibliografia: pp. 112-123. Sitografia: pp. 124-128.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor: Orsina, Giovanni
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Menegazzi, Silvia
Academic Year: 2023/2024
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2025 09:06
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2025 09:06
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/42785

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