Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia
ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order
Price: $39.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-41429-6
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 8th April 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 336
- Illustrations: 2 line drawings and 9 tables
About the Book
This second edition of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia takes the excellent framework from Acharya's first edition and brings it up-to-date, looking at ASEAN's comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) norms and the viability of the ASEAN way of conflict management. Key issues in determining the future stability of the Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific region are covered, including:
- the effect of expansion
- the application of the ASEAN model of conflict management to the wider Asia Pacific region
- territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- domestic instability in Burma and Cambodia
- military acquisitions on intra-regional relations.
Including additional material on ASEAN's response to terrorism in the wake of the War on Terror and the proposal for an ASEAN security community, this new edition will continue to appeal to students and scholars of Asian security, international relations theory and Southeast Asian studies.
Reviews
Review for the first edition:
'This is a superb study of ASEAN and the main issues that it faces. Acharya provides great insight into key episodes in ASEAN's development with thorough research and cogent analysis...This book must now be considered the authoritative text on the subject of regional organization in Southeast Asia. One hopes the author will consider a second edition in the not too distant future.' - Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania
Table of Contents
Introduction: security communities and ASEAN in theoretical perspective 1. Constructing security communities 2. The evolution of ASEAN norms and the emergence of the ‘ASEAN Way’ 3. ASEAN and the Cambodia conflict: a regional solution to a regional problem? 4. Extending ASEAN norms: benefits and burdens of ASEAN-Ten 5. Managing intra-regional relations 6. ASEAN and Asia Pacific security: limits of the ASEAN Way? 7. The ‘ASEAN Security Community’: idea shaping reality? Conclusion: Remaking ASEAN
About the Author(s)
Amitav Acharya is Director of the Centre for Governance and International Affairs and Professor of Global Governance at the University of Bristol, UK.