ASEAN and East Asian International Relations: Regional Delusion

ASEAN and East Asian International Relations: Regional Delusion
ISBN-10
1845428927
ISBN-13
9781845428921
Category
Political Science
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Authors
David Martin Jones, M. L. R. Smith

Description

Academic and accepted orthodoxy maintains that Southeast Asia, and Asia generally, is evolving into a distinctive East Asian regional order. This book questions this claim and reveals instead uncertainty and incoherence at the heart of ASEAN, the region s foremost institution. The authors provide a systematic critique of ASEAN s evolution and institutional development, as well as a unified understanding of the international relations and political economy of ASEAN and the Asia Pacific. It is the first study to provide a sceptical analysis of international relations orthodoxies regarding regionalization and institutionalism, and is based on wide-ranging and rigorous research. Students of international relations, the Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, regional studies, international history and security and defence studies will find this book of great interest, as will scholars, policy makers and economic forecasters with an interest in long-term Asia Pacific trends.

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