Making of the Asia Pacific
Subtitle: Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9789089644770
Subjects: Asia, politics and government; Pacific area, politics and government
Description: This illuminating volume critically surveys the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia pacific. The author examines the purposes, practices, power relations and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia pacific and the pacific Economic Cooperation Council.