ASEAN's Engagement of Civil Society [electronic resource] : Regulating Dissent /
Gerard, Kelly.author.
This book offers an innovative framework for understanding the role of civil society in regional and global policymaking. Using political economy analysis, Gerard demonstrates that ASEAN's people-oriented agenda builds legitimacy, while sidelining its detractors.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 A "People-Oriented" ASEAN?; Explaining civil society participation in regional and global governance; Outline of the book; 2 Civil Society Consultations: Explaining Why and How; Governance institutions' inclusion of CSOs in policymaking: the empirics; The virtues and vices of civil society participation; Theoretical explanations for civil society consultations; Modes of participation: explaining the inclusion of CSOs in policymaking
Advancing the study of CSOs' inclusion in regional and global policymaking3 ASEAN and Associational Life in Southeast Asia; From the 1950s to the 1980s: ASEAN's establishment and the repression of the left; The 1990s, until the crisis: economic growth and the expansion of civil society; The crisis and its aftermath: ASEAN's regulatory framework and the regionalization of activism; Conflict and ASEAN-CSO relations; 4 Civil Society Participation in Spaces Established by ASEAN; CSO affiliation system; Ad hoc consultations; GO-NGO forums; Incorporating civil society in regional governance
5 Civil Society Participation in Spaces Recognized by ASEANASEAN People's Assembly; ASEAN Civil Society Conference; Regional Tripartite Social Dialogue for Growth, Employment and Sound Industrial Relations; ASEAN-ISIS Colloquium on Human Rights and the Dialogue on Democracy and ASEAN Integration; Precarious participation; 6 Civil Society Participation in "Created Spaces"; Parallel activities; Protests; Production and dissemination of critical knowledge; Targeting other governance institutions; The limits of liberty; 7 Engaging Civil Society and Regulating Dissent
ASEAN's engagement of civil society: participation as regulationModes of participation in evaluating CSOs' inclusion in policymaking; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book offers an innovative framework for understanding the role of civil society in regional and global policymaking. Using political economy analysis, Gerard demonstrates that ASEAN's people-oriented agenda builds legitimacy, while sidelining its detractors.
ASEAN.
Asia—Politics and government.
Economic development.
Political economy.
International relations.
Democracy.
Cultural studies.
Asian Politics.
Development Studies.
International Political Economy.
International Relations.
Democracy.
Cultural Studies.