Rescuing constructivism from the constructivists: A critical reading of constructivist interventions in Southeast Asian security

Pacific Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-260

  Tan, See Seng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Ideas; Practice; Rationalism; Southeast Asian security; States

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33644944115     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740500473288     Document Type: Article

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