ASEAN and Environmental Governance: Strategies of Regionalism in Southeast Asia

• Published in: Global environmental politics Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 38 - 57
• Main Author: Elliott, Lorraine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.08.2012; The MIT Press
• Subjects: ASEAN; Association of South East Asian nations; Civil Society; Communities; Environmental Attitudes; Environmental policy; Governance; Regionalism; Representation; Southeast Asia; Topography; Southeast Asia; ASEAN

Most studies of regionalism in Southeast Asia pay little attention to environmental concerns as part of the region's empirical dynamic. In contrast, this article examines the ways in which governments have come to “govern” environmental issues at a regional scale under the auspices of ASEAN, ag...