National and Regional Obligations, the Metaphor of Two‐Level Games, and the Asean Socio‐Cultural Community

Bibliographic Data

ID12979699
AuthorsLinda Quayle (0000-0002-2584-8660, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume5
Issue4
Pages499-521
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12068
OpenAlexW1585738619
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

This article draws on ideas associated with “two‐level games” to focus on the continuing difficulty within the Association of Southeast A sian Nations ( ASEAN ) of reconciling national responsibilities and regional commitments. Using this perspective to examine three areas included in the remit of the ASEAN Socio‐Cultural Community—migrant workers, “haze”, and disaster management—it disaggregates some of the complex domestic and international pressures that can lead to varying regional outcomes. Whereas problems with regional cooperation are often simply laid at the door of recalcitrant governments or inadequate regional institutions, this lens foregrounds a different source of difficulties, in which significant domestic constituencies severely constrain what governments can offer to the region. Conceptualizing the national/regional interface in this way, however, also suggests ways through some of the sticking points. This lens therefore has implications for policy, advocacy, ASEAN 's communication efforts, and its routine collaborative undertakings

Economic growth · Economics · Metaphor · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · International Development and Aid

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