02836nam 2200589 a 450 991082067740332120240108212040.090-485-1802-410.1515/9789048518029(CKB)2550000001046758(EBL)1773769(SSID)ssj0001178718(PQKBManifestationID)11675386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001178718(PQKBWorkID)11169522(PQKB)11664921(DE-B1597)517626(OCoLC)834603558(DE-B1597)9789048518029(UkCbUP)CR9789048518029(Au-PeEL)EBL1773769(CaPaEBR)ebr10661278(CaONFJC)MIL552066(MiAaPQ)EBC1773769(EXLCZ)99255000000104675820130306d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe making of the Asia Pacific[electronic resource] knowledge brokers and the politics of representation /See Seng Tan[Amsterdam] Amsterdam University Pressc20131 online resource (236 pages) digital, PDF file(s)IIAS publications series.Monographs ;10Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).90-8964-477-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.IIAS publications series.Monographs ;10.AsiaPolitics and governmentPacific AreaPolitics and government327.5Tan See Seng1965-1501795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820677403321The making of the Asia Pacific4118812UNINA