ASEAN regionalism : cooperation, values and institutionalisation / / Christopher B. Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969823903321
• Autore: Roberts Christopher B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-58924-4; 1-136-58925-2; 0-203-18104-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Collana: Routledge security in Asia Pacific series ; ; 19
• Disciplina: 341.24/73
• Soggetti: Regionalism - Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia Foreign relations
• 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: Front Cover; ASEAN Regionalism; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Regionalism and ASEAN: bridging the divide between policy and theory; Research rationale and methodology; Structure of the book; 1. Security, cooperation and identity in international relations; Regionalism, behavioural transitions and security communities; The dilemmas of identity and determinants of cooperation; The characteristics of regionalism and regionalization in summary; 2. The rise of Southeast Asia and the search for regional order; From colonialism to independence to the beginnings of regionalism shifts in the equation? The rationale behind the formation of ASEAN; ASEAN's performance: the early years; Conclusions; 3. ASEAN through to the third decade: institutional responses and expansion; Institutional progress amidst external volatility; Membership expansion - insights and implications; Exogenous engagement: from dialogue partners to the ASEAN regional forum; Conclusions; 4. Testing ASEAN cohesion: security and economic challenges; Territorial issues and the South China Sea; Terrorism and insurgency in Southeast Asia; The regional 'haze' and the financial crisis Economic vulnerability: driving economic cooperation and institutionalization?; Conclusions; 5. Political transitions, changing values and visions for the future; ; Thailand: domestic change and regional values; Further democratic transitions, second tier activism and non-governmental networks; Democratic outcomes: Indonesia's vision for the future; Conclusions; 6. Myanmar in ASEAN: the key challenge to cohesion and the ASEAN Way?; The ASEAN 'chairmanship crisis'; From critical disengagement to mutual disengagement; From Nargis to the 2010 elections: restoring a limited consensus?Conclusions; 7. Regionalism anew? Institutional outcomes and the limitations to change; Institutional outcomes: mixed performance in the economic, political and security spheres?; Elite level dynamics: further explanatory factors; Communal level dynamics: opportunities and challenges; Conclusions; Conclusion: retrospect and prospects; Cooperation, values and institutionalization; Characterizing ASEAN and future directions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It covers the full range of issues confronting ASEAN, and discusses both the developments in ASEAN to date and the ones likely to take place in the future."--Publisher's description.