1st Edition

Theorizing Southeast Asian Relations Emerging Debates

Edited By Amitav Acharya, Richard Stubbs Copyright 2009
146 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

The recent proliferation of theories of international relations has transformed analyses of Southeast Asia’s international affairs. A new generation of scholars has promoted a lively and illuminating debate which has seen the traditional realist/ neorealist approach, which continues to hold centre stage, challenged by constructivist analyses. In turn, constructivists have found themselves under... Read more

1. Theorizing Southeast Asian Relations: An Introduction Amitav Acharya and Richard Stubbs  2. Is ASEAN Powerful? Neo-realist versus Constructivist Approaches to Power in Southeast Asia Sarah Eaton and Richard Stubbs  3. Who’s Socializing Whom? Complex Engagement in Sino-ASEAN Relations Alice D. Ba  4. Establishment of the ASEAN Regional Forum: Constructing a ‘Talking Shop' or a 'Norm Brewery’? Hiro Katsumata  5. The English School and ASEAN Shaun Narine  6. Neither Skepticism nor Romanticism: The ASEAN Regional Forum as a Solution for the Asia-Pacific Assurance Game Tsuyoshi Kawasaki  7. Rescuing Constructivism from the Constructivists: A Critical Reading of Constructivist Interventions in Southeast Asian Security See Seng Tan

Biography

Amitav Acharya is Professor of Global Governance, University of Bristol, UK.

Richard Stubbs is Professor of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada.