The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System
Author(s): Christopher M. Dent (Editor), Jörn Dosch
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 29 Jun. 2012
Language: English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1781004463
ISBN-13: 9781781004463
Book Description
Ever since the Asia-Pacific transformed from an ‘institutional desert’ into one of the most networked areas in the world, questions of the region’s future and the future of the global system have become closely intertwined. This volume explores the key issues of regional co-operation, economic and political integration, security relations and international affairs within and across the Asia-Pacific.
The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional organizations and forums like APEC are shaping the world. Uniquely, the discussion is not limited to East Asia but also takes Latin America prominently into the equation.
This timely book will prove to be a stimulating read for academics, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Asian studies, development and agriculture, economics, international studies.
Contributors: R.P. Appelbaum, M. Chen, C.M. Dent, H. Dobson, J. Dosch, M. Falck Reyes, Q. Fang, D.S.G. Goodman, J. Henderson, Y. Hong, J.L. Leon-Manriquez, S.A. Oyen, C.H. Park, R. Parker, J. Ravenhill, J. Reilly, A. Santa-Cruz, C. Yao
Editorial Reviews
Review
’Dent and Dosch have put together a superb volume that explores new dimensions of the world events for the past five decades and take decrypting the processes of regionalism, global system, and world society to a new height. The contributors have enhanced our understanding of how regionalism has been changing, when a world society will be created, and why East Asia’s centrality matters in this unfolding drama. Policymakers, academics, and mass media opinion makers will find the book useful, provocative, and refreshing.’ — Eul-Soo Pang, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
About the Author
Edited by Christopher M. Dent, Leeds Trinity University, UK and Jörn Dosch, Professor and Chair of International Politics and Development Cooperation, Department of Political Science, University of Rostock, Germany
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