Book Review: Reinventing Regional Security Institutions in Asia and Africa: Power Shifts, Ideas, and Institutional Change
Book Review: Reinventing Regional Security Institutions in Asia and Africa: Power Shifts, Ideas, and Institutional Change
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书评:重塑亚洲和非洲的区域安全机构:权力转移、思想和制度变革
DOI:
10.1093/irap/lcx019
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Taku Yukawa
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作者:
Sebastian Maslow(著者)/ Sebastian Harnisch(編者);Mischa Hansel(編者);Nadine Godehardt(編者);マスロー セバスティアン;Sebastian Maslow;中村 綾乃;詫摩佳代;詫摩佳代;詫摩佳代;詫摩佳代;詫摩佳代;湯川 拓;Kayo Takuma;YUKAWA TAKU;Edward Boyle and Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman;Kayo Yasuda;Yukawa Taku;Kayo Yasuda;Boyle Edward;Taku Yukawa
This book asks the question,‘Why and how do regional security institutions (RSIs) undertake change?’which it aims to answer mainly from the perspective of historical institutionalism, while recognizing the problematic paucity of theories that explain institutional change in International Relations. Chapter 1 introduces the problem, after which Chapter 2 presents the theoretical framework. First, institutionalization, the dependent variable, is defined as ‘a change in institutional security norms or functions’ and classified according to the three categories of consolidation, displacement, and layering.‘Expected/actual changes in regional distribution of power’, the independent variable, is defined as ‘a situation in which the regional strategic landscape alters due to changes in the regional states’ military, economic, and political capabilities’. These two variables are linked by the intervening variable ‘expectation for future RSI’s utility’. As member countries have this expectation, they refer to the reference point institutional security