Southeast Asia and the English School of International Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 1-23

3. The Society of States in Southeast Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Power and Community in Southeast Asia’s International Society

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 27-57

   3. Practicable ASEAN Community-Building

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 58-77

   4. Learning from Southeast Asia about International Societies

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 78-101

4. International Society and Others

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Non-state Actors: Theoretical Limitations and Problematic Discourses

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 105-124

   3. Regional International Society Meets Its Civil Counterpart

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 125-152

   4. Non-state Actors in a Hierarchical World

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 153-174

   5. Remembering Southeast Asia’s Individuals

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 175-191

5. Conclusion

   1. Conclusion

      • Linda Quayle

      Pages 192-201

6. Back Matter

   Pages 202-245

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This book examines the interface between the theoretical framework known as the English School and the international and transnational politics of Southeast Asia. The region-theory dialogue it proposes signals productive ways forward for the theory.

• ASEAN
• bibliography
• conflict
• Institution
• international relations
• politics

"Linda Quayle uses the English School to provide a compelling examination of the complex and often fragile development of regional society between the states of ASEAN. At the same time, she uses the region to expand and refine the theoretical boundaries of the English School itself. What results is a valuable and much-needed theoretical and political analysis of a unique region of the world." - Shaun Narine, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Thomas University, Canada

"A key criticism of Western-centric IR theory is its proclivity to treat the non-West as little more than a utilitarian source for colourful commentary that affirms rather than challanges extant theory. Quayle rightly deserves to be commended for her insistence and persistence in treating Southeast Asia as a veritable interlocutor whose stories deserve to be heard in their own right." - Contemporary Southeast Asia Journal

• Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia

  Linda Quayle

LINDA QUAYLE is a Research Fellow at Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia. She holds a PhD from The University of Melbourne, and has studied English School approaches since 2002. She previously worked as an editor with BBC Monitoring, and has taught International Relations in New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia.

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