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Southeast Asia and the English school of international relations a region-theory dialogue

This book examines the interface between the theoretical framework known as the English School and the international and transnational politics of Southeast Asia. The region-theory dialogue it proposes signals productive ways forward for the theory.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quayle, Linda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Series:Palgrave studies in international relations series
Subjects:
Southeast Asia > Foreign relations
Southeast Asia > Foreign relations administration
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Table of Contents:
  • The Need For A Region-Theory Dialogue
  • The Protagonists In The Dialogue
  • Southeast Asia And Its Politics
  • The English School
  • The Contributions Of The Dialogue Partners
  • What The ES Offers SEA: Big Pictures And Different Thinking-Spaces
  • What SEA Offers The ES: Insights On Community, Hierarchy And Agency
  • An Overview Of The Chapters
  • Part I: The Society Of States In SEA
  • Part II: International Society And Others
  • Potential Challenges To An ES-SEA Linkage
  • The ES's Status As 'Theory'
  • The ES As A Western Interpretation Of SEA
  • PART I: THE SOCIETY OF STATES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
  • Power And Community In Southeast Asia's International Society
  • The Problem Of Conflicting Narratives
  • The Power Story
  • The Community Story
  • Theoretical Attempts To Deal With The Power-Community Nexus
  • What The ES Can Offer: A Power-And-Community Lens
  • International Society: An Amalgam Of Power And Community
  • Theoretical Pluralism: Schematizing The Pressures On International Society
  • Small Powers, Great Powers: Dealing With The Wider Region
  • Evaluation: A Different Picture Of Interstate Relations In And Around SEA
  • Practicable ASEAN Community-Building
  • The Problem Of Disconnected Ideals And Realities
  • What The ES Can Offer: Validation Of The Slow Route To Community-Building
  • Support For The Middle Ground
  • Counsels Of Caution ; And Cautious Hope
  • Ways To Frame Cooperation Differently
  • Another Look At Consensus
  • Evaluation: A Different Picture Of The ASEAN Community
  • Learning From Southeast Asia About International Societies
  • Intersections: Powers And Societies
  • Expanding The ES's Understanding Of Great Powers
  • Discerning The Interaction Of Different Levels Of International Society
  • Intersections: Community-Building In A Non-Liberal Environment
  • Liberalization
  • Culture And Identity
  • Economics
  • Functional Cooperation
  • Bases For Enhanced ES Interpretations Of Interstate Relations
  • PART II: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AND OTHERS
  • Non-State Actors: Theoretical Limitations And Problematic Discourses
  • Non-State And Beyond-State Politics In ES Thought
  • The Need For A Different Perspective
  • Civil Society And A Narrative Of Gaps
  • Talking But Not Dialoguing: The 'Problem' Of Fragmentation
  • The Theoretically Vanishing Individual
  • Regional International Society Meets Its Civil Counterpart
  • The SEA Environment: Cooperation, Institutionalization And Hierarchy
  • An ES Response: Imagining A 'Hierarchical Society'
  • Applying ES Ideas To Regional Civil Society In SEA
  • An Institutionalization Process In A Hierarchical Environment
  • Formalizing Recognition
  • Locating And Exploiting Common Ground
  • Learning To Engage For The Long Term
  • Sharing Burdens
  • The State Of The Institutionalization Process
  • Evaluation: A Different Picture Of ASEAN And Regional Civil Society
  • 6. Non-State Actors In A Hierarchical World
  • The SEA Environment: Spaces, States And Agency
  • An ES Response: A Three-Cornered Conversation
  • Particularism And Power
  • Pragmatism And Order
  • Borderlessness And Emancipation
  • Evaluation: A Different Picture Of Non-State Actors In A World Of States
  • 7. Remembering Southeast Asia's Individuals
  • The SEA Environment: The Surprisingly Powerful Individual
  • An ES Response: Individuals As Agents Of Change
  • Extending Activity Spaces
  • Leveraging Contact With The World Of States
  • Retaining Hope
  • Evaluation: A Different Picture Of The Individual
  • Conclusion
  • A Review Of The Signposts
  • A Synthesis Of The Signposts
  • Offering A Different Picture Of The Region : And Why That Matters
  • Continuing The Dialogue

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