Indonesia and the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Nationalists and Regional Integration Strategy

by Alexander C. Chandra

Overview

Indonesia and the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement analyzes the relationship between Indonesian nationalism and regional integration, with specific reference to the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). Alexander C. Chandrachallenges prevailing arguments that nationalism and regionalism cannot coexist, and argues that the two ideologies can stand in a symbiotic relationship to each other. Chandra provides an in-depth discussion of the 1992 AFTA trade agreement, including an analysis of the attitudes of Indonesians toward the trade agreement, a political history of the formation of the agreement, and a review of the effects of the wave of democratization in 1997. Indonesia and the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement will be of interest to upper-level students and researchers of Asian studies and economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739116203
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	04/18/2008
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.38(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Alexander C. Chandra is the senior policy advisor on ASEAN for Oxfam International.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 2. Regional Integration and Nationalism in Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 3 3. Nationalists and Regional Integration Strategy
Chapter 4 4. Indonesian Nationalism and Foreign Economic Policy
Chapter 5 5. Indonesia in the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA)
Chapter 6 6. Contemporary Indonesian Perceptions of AFTA
Chapter 7 7. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

This book, which is extremely well researched, helps clarify critical issues of the day. So-called nationalists will need to realize that regionalism can never replace, but will enrich, nationalism. Proponents of regionalism and negotiators of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) will need to understand that nationalism has to be weaved into any regional arrangement to produce meaningful regionalism.

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