Weak States, Vulnerable Governments, and Regional Cooperation - An Asean Case Study

Feraru advances a new perspective on states' external behavior, informed by the insight into the specific experience of weak states derived from the work of Joel S. Migdal. She examines whether the common approach to internal affairs Migdal identifies manifests externally into a pattern of regional cooperative behavior.

List of contents

Part One: State Weakness, Government Vulnerability, and Regional Cooperation
1.Introduction
2.How Weak States Make for Vulnerable Leaders
3.Weak States, Vulnerable Governments, and Regional Cooperation
Part Two: Government Survival and Cooperation within ASEAN
4.Government Survival and the Meaning and Role of Sovereignty
5.ASEAN’s Decision-making Process
6.Enforcement-related Measures in ASEAN Legal Instruments
7.ASEAN’s Human Rights Regime
8.Conclusion

About the author

Atena Ştefania Feraru is a postdoctoral research fellow at the International Graduate Program in Politics of East China Normal University (Shanghai). She obtained her Ph.D. in International Politics in early 2017 from National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan) and this book centres on her doctoral research. Atena published articles in the International Studies Review journal and the Asian Development Policy Review and her research interests include state-society relations, international relations theory, Southeast Asian politics, and non-Western regional organizations.

Summary

Feraru advances a new perspective on states’ external behavior, informed by the insight into the specific experience of weak states derived from the work of Joel S. Migdal. She examines whether the common approach to internal affairs Migdal identifies manifests externally into a pattern of regional cooperative behavior.

Product details

• Authors: Atena Stefania Feraru, Atena Ştefania Feraru, Atena Stefania (National Chung Hsing Unive Feraru
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032067773
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3206777-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: New Regionalisms Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ASEAN, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Political science and theory, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Regional Geography, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)