Acharya, Amitav.

Whose Ideas Matter? : Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - Cornell Studies in Political Economy Series . - Cornell Studies in Political Economy Series .

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Study the Norm Dynamics of Asian Regionalism? -- 2. Perspectives on Norm Diffusion -- 3. Ideas and Power: Non- Intervention and Collective Defense -- 4. Constructing Asia's Cognitive Prior -- 5. Resistance and Change: Common Security and Collective Intervention -- 6. Conclusions, Extensions, and Extrapolations -- Appendix: Key Concepts, Regional Definition -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index.

Whose Ideas Matter? is the first book to explore the diffusion of ideas and norms in the international system from the perspective of local actors, with Asian regional institutions as its main focus.

9780801459757


Regionalism -- Asia.
International agencies -- Asia.
Asian cooperation.
Asia -- Foreign relations.
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-.


Electronic books.

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