| ID | 087564 |
| Title Proper | ASEAN and regional governance after the cold war |
| Other Title Information | from regional order to regional community |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nesadurai, Helen E S |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper first reviews and critiques the dominant realist and constructivist accounts of ASEAN, which have enjoyed much prominence in The Pacific Review since the journal's founding in 1988. ASEAN behaviour and outcomes cannot be fitted into neat theoretical categories that emphasize either material or ideational variables in explanation. Instead, ASEAN displays complexities in behaviour that are the product of the contingent interaction between the material (power, territory, wealth) and the ideational (norms, ideas, identity) as member states actively seek to manage domestic order as well as regional order within and beyond ASEAN. In all of this, state interests and identities remain paramount, which means that the long-standing ASEAN norms of sovereignty/non-interference remain central to regional governance. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 22, No. 1; Mar 2009: p91-118 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol. 22, No. 1; Mar 2009: p91-118 |
| Key Words | ASEAN Community ; Realism ; Constructivism ; Critical Perspective ; Human Rights ; Social Justice |