ASEAN's inheritance: the regionalization of Southeast Asia, 1941–61

Author: Charrier P.

Source: The Pacific Review, Volume 14, Number 3, 1 August 2001 , pp. 313-338(26)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article explores the establishment of Southeast Asia as a regional space in the international system before the advent of ASEAN. It challenges the traditional view that the region emerged from Japanese and Allied strategies and operations during the Second World War, focusing instead upon the important role played by academics in the creation of 'Southeast Asian studies' in the United States and Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. On a broader level, the article highlights the cyclical nature of the regionalization process. It suggests that once a region has been 'created', the repeated use of the regional idea by a variety of state and non-state actors fixes it in a broad cultural context, and opens the way for subsequent appropriation by regionalizers.

Keywords: ASEAN; REGION; REGIONALIZATION; SPACE; SPATIAL

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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