Asia-Pacific diplomacy : nongovernmental organizations and international relations / Lawrence T. Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Lawrence Timothy, 1960-

Series:

Canada and international relations ; 7.

Canada and international relations, 0847-0510 ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific Area cooperation.

Non-governmental organizations--Pacific Area.

Non-governmental organizations.

Non-governmental organizations--East Asia.

Pacific Area--Foreign economic relations.

Pacific Area.

East Asia--Foreign economic relations.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emergence of Asia-Pacific regionalism, as witnessed by the increasing influence of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and the annual ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, highlights one of the major trends in late twentieth-century geopolitics and international relations. Asia-Pacific Diplomacy traces the evolution of the Pacific economic cooperation movement by examining the diplomatic contributions of three international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) -- the scholarly Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD), the business-oriented Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), and the multipartite (academic, business, and government) Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Lawrence Woods also provides a historical perspective by assessing the work of the Institute of Pacific Relations, forerunner of the INGOs. This book makes an important contribution to the study of international political and economic institutions. It argues that as the regional cooperation movement expands at the governmental level. an understanding of the nongovernmental roots of that movement is required if the diplomatic contributions of the INGOs are to be retained.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Pacific Economic Cooperation Movement

INGOs, International Relations, and Diplomacy

The Institute of Pacific Relations

The Pacific Trade and Development Conference

The Pacific Basin Economic Council

The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

The PECC Process in Action

Conclusion: Asia-Pacific Diplomacy, INGOs, and Regional Economic Cooperation

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [211]-247 and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22575-1

9786613225757

0-7748-5466-9

OCLC:

243585748