The Regional Organizations of the Asia Pacific: Exploring Institutional Change

by M. Wesley (Editor)

Overview

This collection examines change within the major regional organisations of the Asia Pacific: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). It has two simultaneous foci: the nature of institutional change in regional organisations, and the process of regionalism in the Asia Pacific. It combines the views of both officials and practitioners, providing new insights into both its major questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349508907
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

M. C. ABAD JR Special Assistant to the Secretary-General of ASEAN STEVE BATES Policy Advisor, International Regional Unit of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Federal Government AKIKO FUKUSHIMA Senior Researcher, National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan COLIN HESELTINE Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea FEDERICO M. MACARANAS President and Chief Executive Officer of the Strategic and Integrative Studies Center JULIE SHANNON School of Politics and International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Glossary Introduction; M.Wesley PART I: THE ORGANIZATIONS The Asian Development Bank; M.Wesley The Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Challenges and Responses; M.C.Abad, Jr Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Institutional Evolution and the Factors Driving Ongoing Change; C.Heseltine The ASEAN Regional Forum; A.Fukushima PART II: PERSPECTIVES IN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Membership Expansion and Change; M.Wesley The Nature of Change; M.Wesley The Conditions of Change; J.Shannon The Dynamics of Change; S.Bates The Direction of Change; M.Wesley Drivers and Resisters of Change; F.M.Macaranas Conclusion; M.Wesley Index