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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820677403321

Autore

Tan See Seng <1965->

Titolo

The making of the Asia Pacific [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge brokers and the politics of representation / / See Seng Tan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Amsterdam], : Amsterdam University Press, c2013

ISBN

90-485-1802-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

IIAS publications series. Monographs ; ; 10

Disciplina

327.5

Soggetti

Asia Politics and government

Pacific Area Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: From 'Pacific Asia' to 'Asia Pacific' -- The desire for essence -- Knowledge networks as agents of representation -- Representing the 'Asia Pacific' -- Representing sovereign states -- Representing the 'In/Human' faces of Asia Pacific security -- Representing the 'Authority' of knowledge networks -- Conclusion: A plea in three parts.

Sommario/riassunto

Critically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The author argues that, filled with economic, social, and political meaning, the policy and academic discourses regarding the Asia Pacific and its subregions authorize and provoke certain understandings while preventing counternarratives from emerging.