The perils of consensus: How ASEAN's meta-regime undermines economic and environmental cooperation

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-290

  Aggarwal, Vinod K ^a   Chow, Jonathan T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFTA; ASEAN; ASEAN economic community; Bilateral trade; Forest fires; Haze; Non interference; Noodle bowl regionalism; Norms; Regionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953551249     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290903192962     Document Type: Article

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