Title ASEAN and power in international relations : ASEAN, the EU, and the contestation of human rights / Jamie D. Stacey

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 195 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series. Contents Who is ASEAN? -- Constructing ASEAN, the EU, and the ASEAN-EU relationship -- Constructing constructivism -- Representational force: constructivism's critical edge -- Contestation emerging: 'universalism' and 'relativism' -- Contestation within: 'Myanmar' and 'ASEAN's pride' -- Contestation infinitum: 'protection' and 'promotion' -- Reflections on ASEAN, human rights, and the power to contest 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, 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. Tracing the evolution of the ASEAN community and human rights aspirations in a new light, showing how exactly the EU remains an inspiration, but not a model, and more interestingly how ASEAN demonstrates power in the relationship, the book will be of interest to academics working on Asian Studies, European Studies, International Relations Theory and human rights Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Jamie D. Stacey is an independent researcher closely linked to Swansea University, UK Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) Subject ASEAN. SUBJECT ASEAN fast Subject International law and human rights -- Southeast Asia Human rights -- Southeast Asia International relations. Constructivism (Philosophy) Power (Philosophy) international relations. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. Constructivism (Philosophy) Human rights International law and human rights International relations Power (Philosophy) SUBJECT Southeast Asia -- Relations -- European Union countries European Union countries -- Relations -- Southeast Asia Subject European Union countries Southeast Asia Form Electronic book ISBN 1000177971 9781003031970 1003031978 9781000178050 1000178056 9781000178012 1000178013 9781000177978

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