ABSTRACT
Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia is for the informed, the interested, and the engaged. Sorpong Peou brings together the skills of the pedagogue with the knowledge of the scholar.
-Dr. David Dewitt, University Professor Emeritus, Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Peou’s excellent book provides both the lay reader and the specialist with six important theoretical frameworks which should provide the basis for better appreciation of what a security community in Indo-Pacific Asia means in our world today. There are very few scholars who understand the region like Peou.
-Dr. W. Andy Knight, Professor of Political Science, the University of Alberta, Canada.
Sorpong Peou’s extraordinary breadth of knowledge, of both International Relations theory and the key trends in Indo-Pacific Asia, shines through in this authoritative analysis.
-Dr. Richard Stubbs, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada.
A pedagogical approach of the textbook that is appreciated is how the author respectfully engages with the theories of IR and is not pushing an agenda of denouncing some theories and trying to persuade the reader of others. We live in such polarizing times that it is truly refreshing to read scholarly work that avoids sensationalistic attacks on theories that have been debated for decades. Each theory in this manuscript is explored on its own terms, and the reader is encouraged to figure out where they stand on these enduring debates in the context of Indo-Pacific security. The approach will lead to compelling classroom discussions of the theories and the politics of the region.
This book is a must-read for any student or observer of security trends in the region.
-Dr. Mark Williams, Chair and Professor of Political Studies, Vancouver Island University, B.C., Canada.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |19 pages
Introduction: Peace and security in Indo-Pacific Asia
part I|43 pages
Realist tradition
chapter 1|13 pages
Classical and neoclassical realist perspectives
chapter 2|13 pages
Offensive and defensive realist perspectives
chapter 3|15 pages
Realist institutionalist perspectives
part II|47 pages
Liberal tradition
chapter 4|14 pages
Functionalist and neofunctionalist perspectives
chapter 5|15 pages
Neoliberal institutionalist and domestic politics perspectives
chapter 6|16 pages
Commercial and democratic liberal perspectives
part III|46 pages
Pacifist tradition
chapter 7|16 pages
Perspectives on negative peace and human security
chapter 8|12 pages
Perspectives on positive peace and human security
chapter 9|15 pages
Nonviolence and peace movements
part IV|46 pages
Culturalist and critical theory traditions
chapter 10|14 pages
Cultural and constructivist perspectives
chapter 11|16 pages
Historical materialist perspectives
chapter 12|14 pages
Post-Marxist and postmodernist perspectives
part V|45 pages
Feminist tradition
chapter 13|13 pages
Essentialist and liberal feminist perspectives
chapter 14|15 pages
Socialist and cultural feminist perspectives
chapter 15|15 pages
Postcolonial and postmodern feminist perspectives
part VI|47 pages
Transnationalist tradition