Testing Neoliberal Institutionalism in Southeast Asia
Testing Neoliberal Institutionalism in Southeast Asia
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在东南亚检验新自由主义制度主义
DOI:
10.1177/002070209505000410
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
N. Ganesan
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作者:
N. Ganesan
Neoliberal institutionalism's defining characteristic is its faith in international structures to evolve, mature, and gradually replace state sovereignty. In this regard, the liberal tradition carries a teleological bias in favour of supranationalism. The collapse of bipolarity and the dissipation of ideologically inspired conflicts is viewed by liberal institutionalists as a conducive environment for the realization and indeed multiplication of such international structures. This article seeks to provide a counter-intuitive perspective to the neoliberal institutionalist interpretation of international relations in the post-Cold War era. It argues that the ideological trappings of the Cold War allowed for a clearer isolation of complementary interests among states. Where common interests were concerned, there tended to be policy collaboration, and where common aversions were concerned, there tended to be policy co-ordination.' The former was meant to institutionalize co-operation among like-minded states and the latter to deflect pressures from states that acted on a different set of assumptions and motivations. Thus, the post-Cold War period has deprived some countries of an important issue for mutual co-operation, whether it be policy collaboration or co-ordination.