Routledge handbook of Asian regionalism/ edited by Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. - xxiii, 488 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-478) and index.

Part I: Conceptualizing the Asian region -- 1. Theories of regionalism / Fredrik Soderbaum -- 2. East Asian Regionalism / Gilbert Rozman -- 3. The Shift to the Modern World in East Asia: War, memory and regional identity / Peter Preston -- 4. A Non-Eurocentric Global history of Asia / John M. Hobson -- 5. East Asia when China was at the center : the tribute system in early modern East Asia / David Kang --

Part II: Economic issues -- 6. The significance of the overseas Chinese in East Asia/ Gordon C.K. Cheung -- 7. The developmental state and Asian regionalism / Richard Stubbs -- 8. What is driving the internationalization of Asia's business groups? / Michael Carney -- 9. Trade integration in Asia / Heribert Dieter -- 10. Regional financial cooperation / Saori N. Katada -- 11. China-ASEAN relations : the core of Asian regionalism / Nicholas Thomas --

Part III: Political issues -- 12. Asia, ASEAN and the question of sovereignty : the persistence of non-intervention in the Asia Pacific / Shaun Narine -- 13. The ASEAN People's Forum (APF) as Authentic Social Forum Regional Civil Society Networking for an alternative regionalism / Helen E.S. Nesadurai -- 14. Regulatory regionalism in Asia / Shahar Hameiri and Kanishka Jayasuriya -- 15. Corruption in East Asia/ Howard Dick -- 16. Social policy in East Asia / M. Ramesh -- 17. Asian regionalism and human rights : the case of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights / Anthony J. Langlois -- 18. Asian regionalism and law : the continuing contribution of 'Legal Pluralism' / Michael Dowdle -- 19. Democracy, development and authoritarianism / Mark Beeson --

Part IV: Strategic issues -- 20. The Rise of China and East Asian Regionalism / Min Ye -- 21. Regional leadership in East Asia: Japan and China as contenders / Christopher M. Dent -- 22. Perspectives in Asia-Pacific Security Studies / Sorpong Peou -- 23. Comprehensive security in East Asia / Ralf Emmers -- 24. Regionalising environmental security in Asia / Lorraine Elliott -- 25. Non-traditional security / Alan Collins --

Part V: Organizations -- 26. ASEAN / Anja Jetschke -- 27. The ASEAN Regional Forum: challenges and prospects / Takeshi Yuzawa -- 28. APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation / Nick Bisley -- 29. ASEAN Plus Three Becoming more like a normal regionalism? / Takashi Terada -- 30. The East Asia Summit: Pan-Asian multilateralism rather than Intra-Asian Regionalism / David Camroux -- 31. Phases in the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization / Chien-peng Chung -- 32. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) / Julie Gilson -- 33. Dynamics of South Asian Regionalism / Kishore C. Dash -- Conclusion: The Future of Asian Regionalism / Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs.

9780415580540 (hbk.) 9780203803608 (ebook)


Regionalism--Asia.
Regionalism (International organization)


Asia--Foreign relations
Asia--Politics and government

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