The making of the Asia Pacific : knowledge brokers and the politics of representation /

This illuminating volume critically surveys the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia pacific. The author examines the purposes, practices, power relations and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia pacific and th...

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Tác giả chính: Tan, See Seng
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, Ã2013.
Loạt:IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 10.
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Mục lục:
  • Introduction: From 'Pacific Asia' to 'Asia Pacific'
  • The desire for essence
  • Knowledge networks as agents of representation
  • Representing the 'Asia Pacific'
  • Representing sovereign states
  • Representing the 'In/Human' faces of Asia Pacific security
  • Representing the 'Authority' of knowledge networks
  • Conclusion: A plea in three parts.