Comparative regionalism: The logic of governance in Europe and East Asia
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
12-2007
Abstract
This chapter discusses the logics of regionalism in Europe and Asia, comparing European institutional governance with East Asian cultural/ethical governance. It notes that these are not antinomies: both rules and culture are used by those in power to regulate not just what people can do, but what they can be. Where Europeans and Asians differ first is in the sequencing of these alternative logics. Europeans have got themselves in a position where the ethics and culture of being ‘European’ are largely interpreted in the context of institutional conformity. Asians conversely regard institutional conformity as threatening and privilege regional arrangements that defend ethical and cultural integrity. Europe's supranational politics operate from the centre to the periphery; Asia's transnational politics operate from the periphery to the centre.
Keywords
East Asian governance, regionalism, institutional conformity, Europeans, cultural integrity, supranational politics
Discipline
Asian Studies | Political Science | Regional Economics
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
The International Politics of EU-China Relations
Editor
David Kerr & Liu Fei
First Page
231
Last Page
258
ISBN
9780197264089
Identifier
10.5871/bacad/9780197264089.003.0013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City or Country
Oxford
Citation
CALLAHAN, William A.. (2007). Comparative regionalism: The logic of governance in Europe and East Asia. In The International Politics of EU-China Relations (pp. 231-258). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4407
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264089.003.0013