This collection examines change within the major regional organizations 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 organizations, 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.
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
Overview
This collection examines change within the major regional organizations 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 organizations, and the process of regionalism in the Asia Pacific. It combines the views of both officials and practitioners, providing new insights ...