How Sentiment Matters in International Relations: China and the South China Sea Dispute. David Groten

      List of Tables

       Table 1: Single Case Design

       Table 2: Legal Background at a Glance

       Table 3: Important Events in the South China Sea: 1950–2016

       Table 4: Features Claimed/Occupied by the PRC

       Table 5: Features claimed/occupied by the Philippines

       Table 6: References to the ‘United States‘ (CICIR & CIIS)

       Table 7: U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations in the SCS

       Table 8: References to ‘The Philippines’ (CICIR & CIIS)

       Table 9: At a Glance: The Award by the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal

       Table 10: Article 298 (1) UNCLOS

       Table 11: Official Declarations by the PRC on Art. 298 UNCLOS

       Table 12: Correlative Patterns I and II

       Table 13: Text Segments on Sovereignty Issues

       Table 14: Text Segments Signaling Reassurance/Accommodation

       Table 15: Text Segments Signaling Restraint/Stability

       Table 16: Text Segments on Priority to Sovereignty I

       Table 17: Text Segments on Priority to Sovereignty II

       Table 18: Text Segments Entailing Legal Recommendations/Preferences

       Table 19: Text Segments on Regional Cooperation

       Table 20: Text Segments on Sino-centrism

       Table 21: Text Segments on Dispute Shelving

       Table 22: Text Segments on Joint Development

       Table 23: Text Segments on Island Construction/Land Reclamation I

       Table 24: Text Segments on Island Construction/Land Reclamation II

       Table 25: Text Segments on New Model of Great Power Relations

       Table 26: Text Segments on Military Recommendations/Preferences

       Table 27: Text Segments Characterizing The Philippines as the Offender

       Table 28: Text Segments Characterizing the U.S. as the Offender

       Table 29: Overview of Recommendation Patterns (Sub-Case I)

       Table 30: Overview of Recommendation Patterns (Sub-Case II)

       Table 31: The Causal Mechanism

       Table 32: Selection of Text Segments Satisfying Criteria A–D (Pattern I)

       Table 33: Selection of Text Segments Satisfying Criteria A–D (Pattern II)

       Table 34: Explanations and Objectives (Sub-Case I)

       Table 35: Explanations and Objectives (Sub-Case II)

       Table 36: Cross-Case Comparison (2010–mid-2012)

       Table 37: Cross-Case Comparison (mid-2012–mid-2016)