The making of the Asia Pacific : knowledge brokers and the politics of representation / See Seng Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, See Seng, 1965- author.

Series:

IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 10.

IIAS publications series monographs ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Politics and government.

Asia -- Politics and government.

Pacific Area--Politics and government.

Pacific Area -- Politics and government.

Asia.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Critically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The author argues that, filled with economic, social, and political meaning, the policy and academic discourses regarding the Asia Pacific and its subregions authorize and provoke certain understandings while preventing counternarratives from emerging.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70684-3

1-04-078111-X

1-04-079744-X

90-485-1802-4

9781003706847

OCLC:

834603558