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List of contents
Part I. Normative Contestation in Regional Organisations; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Framework; Part II. The African Union; 3. The 'United States of Africa' Proposal; 4. The Conference on Security, Stability, Development, and Cooperation in Africa; 5. The Pan-African Parliament; Part III: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Part III. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations; 6. Human Rights 'Protection' in the ASEAN Charter; 7. The ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism; 8. Extending the 'ASEAN Minus X' Formula; Part IV. Comparative Findings; 9. Assessing the Model; 10. Conclusion.
About the author
Joel Ng is a Research Fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He first worked in international affairs during the northern Uganda conflict, developing interest in security, human rights and governance. He is in the Singapore member committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP).
Summary
This account of the debates of the African Union and ASEAN's charter-writing processes captures the normative complexion of both organisations as they developed their post-Cold War identities. This book will be of value to scholars, foreign policy experts, diplomats, thinktanks and non-specialists interested in the governance of their regions.
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This timely, meticulously-researched, persuasively-argued, and provocatively-theorized book navigates the complex world of norm contestation in the African Union (AU) and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Ng insightfully theorized that three factors of diplomatic practice drive norm contestation between relatively equal actors in international organizations. This pioneering book will be a great read for scholars and practitioners of international relations, diplomacy, international organizations, African and Asian Studies. Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Associate Professor, King's University College, Western University
