This book examines the relationship between globalisation and regionalism through a detailed analysis of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) project. It analyses how the interaction between globalisation and domestic politics shaped the evolution of AFTA over the past 10 years, arguing that although AFTA was triggered primarily by the pressures of globalisation, it was a tussle between the imperatives of growth and domestic distribution that shaped the way economic cooperation unfolded and the forms it took.
Author(s): Helen Nesadurai
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 240
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Dedication......Page 5
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1 Globalisation and economic regionalism......Page 34
2 The unfolding of a regional economic cooperation project: AFTA, 1991-2002......Page 57
3 Foreign capital and open regionalism......Page 83
4 Domestic capital and developmental regionalism......Page 102
5 Re-negotiating AFTA commitments......Page 127
6 Implementation as a political process......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 165
Notes......Page 179
References......Page 198
Index......Page 213
