In the Shadow of the Member States: Policy-Making Agency by the ASEAN Secretariat and Dialogue Partners [Hardcover]

This book provides practice-oriented insights into the agency of two previously underestimated actors in Southeast Asian regionalism: the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEANs dialogue partners. In doing so, it offers an inside view of the policy-making processes in the ASEAN Political-Security and the ASEAN Economic Community, analyzing the interplay and agency by both actors in agenda setting, formulation, decision making, implementation, and monitoring. Drawing on a trove of novel data, including never-before analyzed sources and numerous interviews with ASEAN insiders, the book showcases a number of concrete cases of policy making, including competition and counterterrorism policies. The chapters focusing on the ASEAN Secretariat address aspects related to institutional autonomy, capacity, and reforms within the bureaucracy. In the chapters on ASEANs dialogue partners, the book provides insights into the bilateral management of institutional support programs, as wellas the impacts of support on ASEANs policy-making processes.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: In Control?  ASEAN Member States, the Secretariat, and Dialogue Partners.- Chapter 3: The Involved Networker  Agency by the ASEAN Secretariat in the ASEAN Economic Community.- Chapter 4: Policy-Making Institutional Support  Agency by ASEANs Dialogue Partners in the ASEAN Economic Community.- Chapter 5: The Involved Networker  Agency by the ASEAN Secretariat in the ASEAN Political-Security Community.- Chapter 6: Policy-Making Institutional Support  Agency by ASEANs Dialogue Partners in the ASEAN Political-Security Community.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.