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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784939303321

Autore

Peou Sorpong

Titolo

Peace and security in the Asia-Pacific [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice / / Sorpong Peou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger Security International, , c2010

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-69576-6

0-313-38211-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

355/.03305

Soggetti

National security - Asia

National security - Pacific Area

Peace-building - Asia

Peace-building - Pacific Area

Pacific Area Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Realist Security Studies; Part II: Liberal and Socialist Security Studies; Part III: Peace and Human Security Studies; Part IV: Constructivist Security Studies; Part V: Feminist Security Studies; Part VI: Nontraditional Security Studies; Conclusion: Toward a New Asia-Pacific Security Order; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrating that none of the various perspectives under review has emerged as the clear winner in the struggle for theoretical hegemony in security studies, this book shows that eclectic perspectives, like democratic realist institutionalism, can better explain peace and security in the Asian Pacific.