The role of knowledge communities in constructing Asia-Pacific security : how thought and talk make war and peace

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Title:

The role of knowledge communities in constructing Asia-Pacific security : how thought and talk make war and peace

Author:

Tan, See Seng, 1965-

ISBN:

9780773454422

Personal Author:

Tan, See Seng, 1965-

Publication Information:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2007.

Physical Description:

x, 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- Knowledge communities as epistemic agents -- The desire for essence in Asia-Pacific security -- A 'radical' constructivist approach to Asia-Pacific security -- Constructing the Asia-Pacific as a realm of abjection -- Constructing the Asia-Pacific as a region of strategic uncertainty -- Constructing agency and sovereign subjectivity in Asia-Pacific security -- Constructing the 'authority' of knowledge communities -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

National security -- Asia -- International cooperation.

National security -- Pacific Area -- International cooperation.

National security -- Southeast Asia -- International cooperation.

Security, International -- International cooperation.

Geographic Term:

Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Pacific Area -- Politics and government.

Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007445.html

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Summary

This study addresses the dearth of critical and/or post-positivist perspectives in security studies of and about the Asia-Pacific region. It demonstrates how regional communities of security specialists and intellectuals, including knowledge communities such as ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS) and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) have contributed to just such a state-centric, political imaginary at the expense of alternative ideas while promoting and legitimizing their own identities as authorities on regional security.