| ID | 168509 |
| Title Proper | ASEAN sceptics versus ASEAN proponents |
| Other Title Information | evaluating regional institutions |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Stubbs, Richard |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since it was founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has attracted both sceptics and proponents. With Southeast Asia’s economy growing rapidly and tied into all parts of the global economy and the region geopolitically important to the world’s major powers, how ASEAN manages its internal affairs and East Asian relations is crucial. The differences in how sceptics and proponents perceive ASEAN, and why they take up such contrasting positions, need to be fully appreciated as scholars and commentators review and assess ASEAN’s performance. This analysis uses three analytical criteria – effectiveness, legitimacy and efficiency – to juxtapose and evaluate the competing arguments of the two approaches so as to better understand how and why sceptics and proponents can examine the same institutions and events and reach very different conclusions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 32, No.6; Nov 2019: p.923-950 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol: 32 No 6 |
| Key Words | ASEAN ; Legitimacy ; Efficiency ; ASEAN Sceptics ; ASEAN Proponents ; Effectiveness, |