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 |
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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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