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‘Southeast Asia has become a more authoritarian place in the last decade, so why do regional elites continue to use the rhetoric of democracy and human rights? Why have non-democratic states even worked to establish human rights institutions? Avery Poole’s book is an insightful, accessible and illuminating account that answers these questions. It’s a timely and very valuable piece of scholarship.’ –David Capie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand ‘This book is very interesting and does an excellent job of addressing its core concern: why has ASEAN evoked the rhetoric of democracy and human rights and what does this rhetoric mean in practice? The author has put forward a clear and defensible thesis: the ASEAN states have adopted this rhetoric because it legitimizes their organization in the eyes of the Western world’ –Shaun Narine, St Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada Southeast Asia is a vast, populous and diverse region. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) promotes democracy and human rights as central to regional order and cooperation, but most members are not democratic and have poor or questionable human rights records. This book explores why Southeast Asian countries have collectively adopted the rhetoric of democracy and human rights, and argues that they are motivated by their concerns about external regional legitimacy. It analyses ASEAN’s references to democracy and the reality of backsliding in several countries; examines the adoption of human rights rhetoric; and considers the implications for how we understand regional cooperation. The book is relevant for students and analysts who are interested in regionalism in Southeast Asia and elsewhere – particularly given growing global concerns about liberal democracy and the gaps between rhetoric and political realities. Avery D.H. Poole is Senior Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. She was previously Assistant Director of the Melbourne School of Government at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Democracy --- Human rights --- Regionalism --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Democracy. --- Asia-Politics and government. --- Regionalism. --- Political communication. --- Comparative politics. --- Human Rights. --- Asian Politics. --- Political Communication. --- Comparative Politics. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political communication --- Human geography --- Nationalism --- Interregionalism --- Human rights. --- Asia—Politics and government. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- ASEAN. --- Association of Southeast Asian nations

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This volume explores the defining features, critical approaches, challenges and opportunities for public policy in the ‘Asian Century’. This is the first book to systematically analyse the key institutions and practices that comprise public policy, administration and governance to investigate how they are changing in the context of increasing Asian influence. Its authors argue that the Asian Century holds the potential to generate a paradigm shift equivalent to the impacts of neo-liberalism and the New Public Management of the late 20th century. Divided into three parts, this volume interrogates the theories underpinning contemporary public policy; explores case studies from different policy arenas across the Asian region; and imagines what a future of globalised public policy might look like. It examines the implementation measures necessary to support policy and administration in an era of transnational governance networks, tightly linked economic markets and progressively fluid cultural exchanges. This book provides the concepts and tools necessary to navigate these shifting sands successfully. It is essential reading for scholars of public policy, public management, international relations, and politics and social sciences, as well as for administrators and public servants.

Political science. --- Public policy. --- Asia --- Globalization. --- Public administration. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Public Policy. --- Public Administration. --- Governance and Government. --- Asian Politics. --- International Political Economy. --- Politics and government. --- Public administration --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Asia-Politics and government. --- Political economy. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- State, The --- Asia—Politics and government. --- Asia. --- Foreign relations. --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Economics.