ASEAN, sovereignty and intervention in Southeast Asia / Lee Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Lee, 1981-

Series:

Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ASEAN.

Regionalism (International organization).

International relations.

Southeast Asia--Foreign relations.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

Sovereignty.

Intervention (International law).

Regionalism (International organization)--Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 262 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Lee dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.

Contents:

Theorising Sovereignty and Intervention

Part I The Cold War

The Social Foundations of ASEAN and 'Non-Interference'

East Timor: ASEAN and Third-World Colonialism

Cambodia: Representation, Refugees and Rebels

Part II The Post-Cold War Period

ASEAN after the Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict

Cambodia: From Cold War to Conditionality

East Timor: Interdependence and Intervention

Burma: ASEAN's Image and the 'Regional Interest'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230319264

0230319262

OCLC:

740623828