Regional Community Building in East Asia - 9781138640436

Taylor & Francis

Regional Community Building in East AsiaCountries in Focus\nAuthor(s): Lee Lai To, Zarina Othman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138640436, 978-1138640436\nSynopsis\nThis volume is a collection of papers written by nationals or former nationals of the respective country in ASEAN and Northeast Asia. Unlike other works written by scholars outside ASEAN or East Asia, it offers an insiders point of view of the 10 ASEAN states, China, Japan and South Korea on regional community building. While a nationalist perspective may permeate throughout the study, it is also clear that pursuing regional cooperation is considered to be important by the respective author, denoting the non-exclusivity between nationalism and regionalism and the mutual reinforcement of the two. \n\nEach author of this volume has made a deliberate effort to introduce and survey the developmental challenges and experiences of his or her country from.