ABSTRACT

Jayasuriya looks at the changing global and domestic political economies shaping the new regionalism in Asia, and examines the relationship between regional domestic, political and economic structures and forms of regional governance. Well-known contributors in the field focus on the impact of globalization on Asian regionalism, new security challenges, monetary cooperation, sovereignty, democratization, industry policy and China's engagement with southeast Asia. Providing a detailed overview of the conceptual foundations of regional governance, this text is an indispensable resource for all who want to understand the emerging dynamics of regionalism in the Asia Pacific.

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

The vicissitudes of Asian regional governance

part |2 pages

PART I Conceptual framework: the politics of regional governance

chapter 2|18 pages

Embedded mercantilism and open regionalism

The crisis of a regional political project

chapter 3|20 pages

The rise and fall of open regionalism? Comparative reflections on regional governance in the Southern Cone of Latin America

Comparative reflections on regional governance in the Southern Cone

part |2 pages

Part III New forms of regional governance

chapter 8|26 pages

Asia-Pacific approaches to regional governance: the globalization - domestic politics nexus

The globalization–domestic politics nexus

chapter 10|24 pages

Towards an East Asian community

Implications of the EAVG report

part |2 pages

Part IV The USA and China, and the dynamics of regional governance

chapter 11|17 pages

The United States and Southeast Asia

Change and continuity in American hegemony

chapter 12|22 pages

The politics of China–ASEAN economic relations

Assessing the move towards a free trade area