{"product_id":"enacting-the-security-community-aseans-never-ending-story-hardback-9781503631106","title":"Enacting the Security Community; ASEAN's Never-ending Story (Hardback) 9781503631106","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnacting the Security Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eASEAN's Never-ending Story\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStéphanie Martel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503631106\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The field of ASEAN studies has long suffered from the dearth of good scholarship written from critical social perspectives. This excellent effort by Stéphanie Martel goes a long way to rectify that situation. A must-read for all students of international affairs!\"—See Seng Tan, President\/CEO of International Students Inc. and Research Advisor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies \"Methodologically robust and comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eEnacting the Security Community\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sharp and insightful examination of enduring questions about regionalism, governance, and global order. Stéphanie Martel has crafted a compelling and rich contribution to scholarship that deserves to be read widely.\"—Laura Shepherd, University of Sydney \"This book is essential reading for scholars and practitioners seeking to comprehend the complex geometry of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ... Martel demonstrates a commanding knowledge and depth of understanding of current and historical debates on ASEAN. Moreover, the author showcases how these debates connect to wider areas of interest in International Relations.\"—Catherine Jones, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \"Martel's focus on discourse shifts the questions usually addressed in the literature on ASEAN as a security community from whether it is one or on the path to becoming one, to how ASEAN uses the language of security community making and the inconsistencies in this discourse. This is what I appreciate the most about the book, and why this is such an important contribution to the literature.\"—Alan Collins, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e \"For an institution such as ASEAN, subject to long-standing critique of its ineffectuality, the apparent lack of progress made on the security dilemmas facing South-East Asia and its member states suggests to many that it is struggling to assume a role in regional security governance. In\u003ci\u003eEnacting the Security Community: ASEAN's Never-ending Story\u003c\/i\u003e, Stéphanie Martel offers an alternative perspective, arguing that the much-derided process of consensus-building and dialogue in ASEAN governance acts as an instrument of discursive power that constitutes its self-identity as a security community.... Turning to theory development, Martel leverages the case of ASEAN to explore broader questions on what it means to form security communities and the processes involved in bringing one into existence.\"—Bradley Murray, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"Stéphanie Martel's \u003ci\u003eEnacting the Security Community: ASEAN's Never-ending Story\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to advancing this scholarly momentum by providing a new perspective on a security community in a non-Western region, Southeast Asia.... Given the author's insights on the evolution of the past and contemporary discourses on ASEAN, the book is requisite reading for those who are interested in ASEAN and security communities.\"—Kei Koga, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnacting the Security Community\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the central role of discourse in the making of security communities through a case study of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Despite decades of discussion, scholars of political science and international relations have long struggled to identify what kind of security community ASEAN is striving to become.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalk about security, Stéphanie Martel argues in this innovative study, is more than empty rhetoric. It is precisely through discourse that ASEAN is brought into being as a security community. Martel analyzes the epic narratives that state and non-state actors tell about ASEAN's journey to becoming a security community, featuring a colorful cast of heroes and monsters. Chapters address a wide spectrum of current regional security concerns, from the South China Sea disputes to the Rohingya crisis, and nontraditional challenges like natural disasters and pandemics. Through fieldwork and in-depth interviews with practitioners, Martel provides clear evidence that discourse is key to sustaining regional organizations like ASEAN.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnacting the Security Community\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive contribution to debates among scholars and practitioners about security communities as well as the role of discourse in the study of world politics, and essential reading for students of Southeast Asian international relations, politics, and security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. A Cautionary Tale: Discourse in the Making of a Security Community\u003cbr\u003e  2. \"\u003cbr\u003eIt's Alive!\"\u003cbr\u003e: Security Community–Building as Practice\u003cbr\u003e  3. Ghosts of the Past, Present, and Future: ASEAN's Approach to Regional Security\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Bogeymen are Coming: From Transnational Crime to \"\u003cbr\u003eNon-traditional Security\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. Here There Be Dragons: Managing Interstate Conflict in the Asia-Pacific Region\u003cbr\u003e  6. Sirens Are Calling: The \"\u003cbr\u003ePeople-Centered\"\u003cbr\u003e Security Community\u003cbr\u003e  7. To Hell and Back: ASEAN's Continuing Odyssey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610638250264,"sku":"9781503631106","price":45.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/enacting-the-security-community-aseans-never-ending-story-hardback-9781503631106","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}