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World-System, International Order and Social Roles

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Understanding ASEAN’s Role in Asia-Pacific Order

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This chapter sets out the book’s conceptual and analytical frameworks. In the first half it presents a holistic conceptual framework which draws on world-systems theory, the English School and neo-Gramscian state theory. The intention is to provide an account of international order and the negotiation of roles that is sensitive to the effects of the material structures of the capitalist world-system and the contests of social forces. The second half then outlines an analytical framework for capturing role negotiation which builds on English School/constructivist-inspired work on legitimation.

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Yates, R. (2019). World-System, International Order and Social Roles. In: Understanding ASEAN’s Role in Asia-Pacific Order. Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12899-9_2

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