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Building States and International Organizations: Developing a Framework to Explain the Dynamics of National and Regional Order in Southeast Asia
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Building States and International Organizations:
Developing a Framework to Explain the Dynamics of
National and Regional Order in Southeast Asia
Prepared for
the Annual ISA Convention
February 28, 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Abstract: International relations in Southeast Asia is a process characterized by the parallel processes of constructing domestic and regional orders – the first through post-colonial state-building and the second through international organizations, specifically ASEAN. Several IR approaches do not consider this dynamic because of their assumption that states are unitary and coherent actors on the world stage. In a post-colonial context there may be multiple and competing centers of authority which could affect the creation and implementation of decisions reached in regional organizations. Alternative approaches take this context into account, but they are also of limited utility because of their claim that concerns for sovereignty override other considerations.
I argue that an “analytically eclectic” institutional framework can be useful in understanding the dynamics of international relations in Southeast Asia. This institutional framework draws from IR, comparative politics, history, area studies, Third World studies, and (to some extent) sociology. This framework views institutional development (at the national and regional levels) as a product of both structure and agency. It hopes to account for both continuity and change in institutions, as well as show the recursive dynamics between ASEAN and state-building processes.
DRAFT: COMMENTS WELCOME.
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE.
Maria Consuelo C. OrtuostePh.D. CandidateDepartment of Political ScienceArizona State University
Tel: (+1) 480-965-6551
PO Box 873902
Fax: (+1) 480-965-3929
Tempe, AZ 85287-3901
Email:
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Ortuoste
ISA 2007
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Building States and International Organizations:
Developing a Framework to Explain the Dynamics of
National and Regional Order in Southeast Asia
Prepared for
the Annual ISA Convention
February 28, 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Abstract: International relations in Southeast Asia is a process characterized by the
parallel processes of constructing domestic and regional orders – the first through post-
colonial state-building and the second through international organizations, specifically
ASEAN. Several IR approaches do not consider this dynamic because of their
assumption that states are unitary and coherent actors on the world stage. In a post-
colonial context there may be multiple and competing centers of authority which could
affect the creation and implementation of decisions reached in regional organizations.
Alternative approaches take this context into account, but they are also of limited utility
because of their claim that concerns for sovereignty override other considerations.
I argue that an “analytically eclectic” institutional framework can be useful in
understanding the dynamics of international relations in Southeast Asia. This
institutional framework draws from IR, comparative politics, history, area studies, Third
World studies, and (to some extent) sociology. This framework views institutional
development (at the national and regional levels) as a product of both structure and
agency. It hopes to account for both continuity and change in institutions, as well as
show the recursive dynamics between ASEAN and state-building processes.
DRAFT: COMMENTS WELCOME.
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE.
Maria Consuelo C. Ortuoste
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Political Science
Arizona State University
Tel: (+1) 480-965-6551
PO Box 873902
Fax: (+1) 480-965-3929
Tempe, AZ 85287-3901
Email:
Ortuoste
ISA 2007
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