Wither The Asean Security Community? Some Reflections
The paper argues that a security community remains an object rather than a reality among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. This notwithstanding, ASEAN institutions, processes and structures in the security regime have multiplied manifold over its 38 years of existenc...
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| description | The paper argues that a security community remains an object
rather than a reality among the Association of South East Asian
Nations (ASEAN) countries. This notwithstanding, ASEAN
institutions, processes and structures in the security regime have
multiplied manifold over its 38 years of existence. Theoretical work
on ASEAN suggests that a realist-institutional understanding of
ASEAN should now be supplanted by what could be called "statecentric constructivism". However, the paper argues that such a
theoretical development fails to fully account for the political
construction of a security community based on some measure of
civil society engagement albeit in the highly state-driven ASEAN
formation. It is the understanding of this writer that the agency for
change emanating from civil society forces still remains generally
under-theorised. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-401592018-04-20T09:17:40Z http://eprints.usm.my/40159/ Wither The Asean Security Community? Some Reflections Saravanamuttu, Johan P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) The paper argues that a security community remains an object rather than a reality among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. This notwithstanding, ASEAN institutions, processes and structures in the security regime have multiplied manifold over its 38 years of existence. Theoretical work on ASEAN suggests that a realist-institutional understanding of ASEAN should now be supplanted by what could be called "statecentric constructivism". However, the paper argues that such a theoretical development fails to fully account for the political construction of a security community based on some measure of civil society engagement albeit in the highly state-driven ASEAN formation. It is the understanding of this writer that the agency for change emanating from civil society forces still remains generally under-theorised. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40159/1/johan2.pdf Saravanamuttu, Johan (2005) Wither The Asean Security Community? Some Reflections. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 1. pp. 1-18. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/johan2.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Saravanamuttu, Johan Wither The Asean Security Community? Some Reflections |
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Some Reflections |
| title_full | Wither The Asean Security Community?
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| title_short | Wither The Asean Security Community?
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| title_sort | wither the asean security community some reflections |
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