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The Making of Southeast Asia: International Relations of a Region

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Description for The Making of Southeast Asia: International Relations of a Region Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.

Developing a framework to study "what makes a region," Amitav Acharya investigates the origins and evolution of Southeast Asian regionalism and international relations. He views the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) "from the bottom up" as not only a U.S.-inspired ally in the Cold War struggle against communism but also an organization that reflects indigenous traditions. Although Acharya deploys the notion of "imagined community" to examine the changes, especially since the Cold War, in the significance of ASEAN dealings for a regional identity, he insists that "imagination" is itself not a neutral but rather a culturally variable concept. The ... Read more

In this new edition of a book first published as The Quest for Identity in 2000, Acharya updates developments in the region through the first decade of the new century: the aftermath of the financial crisis of 1997, security affairs after September 2001, the long-term impact of the 2004 tsunami, and the substantial changes wrought by the rise of China as a regional and global actor. Acharya argues in this important book for the crucial importance of regionalism in a different part of the world.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801477362
SKU
V9780801477362
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About Amitav Acharya
Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Affairs at American University, Washington, D.C. He was Professor of Global Governance at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Whose Ideas Matter?: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism, also from Cornell, and Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia and coeditor of Crafting Cooperation.

Reviews for The Making of Southeast Asia: International Relations of a Region
"As an introduction to the region, there is no better-written or more comprehensive volume available."-Robert H. Taylor, Asian Affairs "The book highHghts patterns of interaction and socialization among key actors in the region, along with those actors' perceptions of factors and forces external to the region that must be managed by the individual states and by the principal regional organization, ... Read more

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