Peace and security in Indo-Pacific Asia : IR perspectives in context
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Peace and security in Indo-Pacific Asia : IR perspectives in context
Routledge, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-363) and index
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Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia is for the informed, the interested, and the engaged. Sorpong Peou brings together the skills of the pedagogue with the knowledge of the scholar.
-Dr. David Dewitt, University Professor Emeritus, Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Peou's excellent book provides both the lay reader and the specialist with six important theoretical frameworks which should provide the basis for better appreciation of what a security community in Indo-Pacific Asia means in our world today. There are very few scholars who understand the region like Peou.
-Dr. W. Andy Knight, Professor of Political Science, the University of Alberta, Canada.
Sorpong Peou's extraordinary breadth of knowledge, of both International Relations theory and the key trends in Indo-Pacific Asia, shines through in this authoritative analysis.
-Dr. Richard Stubbs, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada.
A pedagogical approach of the textbook that is appreciated is how the author respectfully engages with the theories of IR and is not pushing an agenda of denouncing some theories and trying to persuade the reader of others. We live in such polarizing times that it is truly refreshing to read scholarly work that avoids sensationalistic attacks on theories that have been debated for decades. Each theory in this manuscript is explored on its own terms, and the reader is encouraged to figure out where they stand on these enduring debates in the context of Indo-Pacific security. The approach will lead to compelling classroom discussions of the theories and the politics of the region.
This book is a must-read for any student or observer of security trends in the region.
-Dr. Mark Williams, Chair and Professor of Political Studies, Vancouver Island University, B.C., Canada.
Table of Contents
IntroductionPart One: Realist Tradition 1.Classical and Neoclassical Realist Perspectives 2.Offensive and Defensive Realist Perspectives 3.Realist Institutionalist Perspectives Part Two: Liberal Tradition 4.Functionalist and Neo-Functionalist Perspectives 5.Neo-Liberal Institutionalist and Political Domestic Perspectives 6.Commercial and Democratic Liberal Perspectives Part Three: Pacifist Tradition 7.Perspectives on Negative Peace 8.Perspectives on Positive Peace 9.Perspectives on Non-Violence and Peace Movement Part Four: Culturalist and Critical Theory Traditions 10.Positivist and Social Constructivist Perspectives 11.Historical Materialist Perspectives 12.Post-Marxist and Postmodernist Perspectives Part Five: Feminist Tradition 13.Essentialist and Liberal Feminist Perspectives 14.Cultural and Socialist Feminist Perspectives 15.Postcolonial and Postmodernist Feminist Perspectives Part Six: Transnationalist Tradition 16.Transnational Organised Crime 17.Economic and Environmental Security 18.Migration, Population and Pandemics Conclusions: Toward a New Indo-Pacific Asian Order
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