Title Critical security in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anthony Burke and Matt McDonald

Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007

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Description xiv, 306 pages ; 24 cm Series New approaches to conflict analysis New approaches to conflict analysis. Contents Part I. Agents.--1. Regionalism and security in East Asia / Julie Gilson.--2. Emancipation and force : the role(s) of the military in Southeast Asia / Alex J. Bellamy and Bryn Hughes.--3. The political economy of security : geopolitics and capitalist development in the Asia-Pacific / Mark Beeson.--4. Deconstructing the discourse on epistemic agency : a Singaporean tale of two 'essentialisms' / See Seng Tan.--Part II. Strategies and Contexts.--5. Construction separatist threats : security and insecurity in Indonesian Aceh and Papua / Edward Aspinall and Richard Chauvel.--6. 'Freedom from fear' : conflict, displacement and human security in Burma (Myanmar) / Hazel J. Lang.--7. Australia paranoid : security politics and identity policy / Anthony Burke.--8. Harm and emancipation : making environmental security 'critical' in Asia-Pacific / Lorraine Elliott.--9. Seeking security for refugees / Sara E. Davies.--10. Discourses of security in China : towards a critical turn? / Yongjin Zhang.--11. Nuclear weapons in the Asia-Pacific : a critical security appraisal / Marianne Hanson.--12. US Hegemony, the 'war on terror' and security in the Asia-Pacific / Matt McDonald.--Part III. Futures.--13. Dealing with a nuclear North Korea: conventional and alternative security scenarios / Roland Bleiker.--14. Security as enslavement, security as emancipation: gendered legacies and feminist futures in the Asia-Pacific / Katrina Lee-Koo.--Conclusion: Emancipating security in the Asia-Pacific? / Simon Dalby Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-300) and index Subject National security -- Asia. National security -- Pacific Area. SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498 Author Burke, Anthony, 1966- McDonald, Matt. ISBN 0719073057 9780719073052 paperback 0719073049 hardback

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