The making of the Asia Pacific knowledge brokers and the politics of representation

This illuminating volume critically surveys the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia pacific. The author examines the purposes, practices, power relations and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia pacific and th...

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1. Verfasser: Tan, See Seng (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam Univ. Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:IIAS publications series Monographs 10
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Zusammenfassung:This illuminating volume critically surveys the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia pacific. The author 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
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibilographical references and index
Beschreibung:236 S.
ISBN:9089644776
90-8964-477-6
9789089644770
978-90-8964-477-0