ASEAN and power in international relations : ASEAN, the EU, and the contestation of human rights

Full Title:

ASEAN and power in international relations : ASEAN, the EU, and the contestation of human rights

Author:

Stacey, Jamie D.

Statement of Responsibility:

By Jamie D. Stacey

Series:

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series

Language:

English

Description:

xvii, 195 p. : Charts

Summary:

This book analyses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a powerful actor in International Relations by examining how the ASEAN community has evolved,...

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This book analyses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a powerful actor in International Relations by examining how the ASEAN community has evolved, looking specifically at its relationship with the EU with regards to human rights. The book adds to important contemporary debates within constructivist theory, shedding light on the need for ‘critical’ constructivism that emphasises language and contestation and what that may entail. On an empirical level, it challenges the idea of an 'EU-centrism,' demonstrating how ASEAN is the major driving force behind its human rights and community aspirations, as well as within the ASEAN-EU relationship. Furthermore, this book engages with the introspection surrounding constructivism by addressing the trouble with 'norms,' and instead unpacking the relationship between ASEAN and the EU to show language power in play. In particular, the book looks at how language, or rather coercive language, helps us ‘see’ contestation in action, something that researchers sympathetic towards the idea of ASEAN’s ‘resistance’ have been unable to show through a focus on norms.

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Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Who is ASEAN? PART II: THEORISING (LANGUAGE) POWER, ASEAN, AND THE EU 2. Constructing ASEAN, the EU, and the ASEAN-EU relationship...

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PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Who is ASEAN? PART II: THEORISING (LANGUAGE) POWER, ASEAN, AND THE EU 2. Constructing ASEAN, the EU, and the ASEAN-EU relationship 3. Constructing constructivism 4. Representational Force: Constructivism’s critical edge PART III: CONTESTATION IN THE ASEAN-EU RELATIONSHIP 5. Contestation emerging: ‘Universalism’ and ‘Relativism’ 6. Contestation within: ‘Myanmar’ and ‘ASEAN’s Pride’ 7. Contestation infinitum: ‘Protection’ and ‘Promotion’ PART IV: CONCLUSION 8. Reflections on ASEAN, human rights, and the power to contest

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Publisher & Date:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

Date of Publication:

2021

Publisher:

Routledge

Classification:

D 14.3.2
EU 89

ISBN:

9780367465810
9781003031970 (ebook)