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Ritual and Region: The Invention of ASEAN (Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia) - Softcover

Book 5 of 21: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

Davies, Mathew

 
9781108457965: Ritual and Region: The Invention of ASEAN (Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108457967 ISBN 13: 9781108457965
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Why has ASEAN endured and why do members, many of whom remain comparatively weak and poor, continue to invest in the regional project? Existing answers, either that ASEAN is meaningless or that it has transformed regional affairs through the creation of shared values are both misplaced. Neither argument is empirically plausible. Instead, this Element argues that ASEAN has and continues to serve state interest through the creation of a shared ritual and symbolic framework. This framework has mitigated regional tension through the performance of regionalism, but has not fundamentally addressed the sources of that tension.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108457967
ISBN 13 
9781108457965
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
88