This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with David McCourt, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis. For the last several years, David — who is not himself a China specialist — has undertaken a sociological study of "China-watchers," and has presented his findings to date in a series of papers as he prepares to publish a book. Focusing on China-watchers as a community, he offers fascinating insights into how they interact to shape the major narratives of "engagement" and "strategic competition.
5:24 – Who counts as a “China-watcher”?
13:53 – A taxonomy of China-watchers
21:43 – Small e engagement and capital E Engagement
28:35 – The sociological sources of China policy
37:54 – What China policy positions tell us about America
45:14 – Habitus and China policy orientation
55:19 – The China-watching community and American presidential administrations, Obama to Biden
A transcript of this conversation is available at SupChina.com.
Recommendations:
David: Gregoire Chamayou, The Ungovernable Society: A Genealogy of Authoritarian Liberalism
Kaiser: The works of the great American political scientist Robert Jervis, who died on December 9, especially Perception and Misperception in International Politics and System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life
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