LEADER 02836nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910820677403321 005 20240108212040.0 010 $a90-485-1802-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048518029 035 $a(CKB)2550000001046758 035 $a(EBL)1773769 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001178718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11675386 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001178718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11169522 035 $a(PQKB)11664921 035 $a(DE-B1597)517626 035 $a(OCoLC)834603558 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048518029 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048518029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1773769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661278 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL552066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1773769 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001046758 100 $a20130306d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe making of the Asia Pacific$b[electronic resource] $eknowledge brokers and the politics of representation /$fSee Seng Tan 210 $a[Amsterdam] $cAmsterdam University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0$aIIAS publications series.$pMonographs ;$v10 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020). 311 $a90-8964-477-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aCritically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The author argues that, filled with economic, social, and political meaning, the policy and academic discourses regarding the Asia Pacific and its subregions authorize and provoke certain understandings while preventing counternarratives from emerging. 410 0$aIIAS publications series.$pMonographs ;$v10. 607 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 607 $aPacific Area$xPolitics and government 676 $a327.5 700 $aTan$b See Seng$f1965-$01501795 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820677403321 996 $aThe making of the Asia Pacific$94118812 997 $aUNINA