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Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security Challenges

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. M. Leann Brown

    1. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  • Explains why regional economic organizations take on conventional security tasks and the rising implications this has for the wider global security architecture

  • Compares three case studies in Asia, Africa, and Europe, putting emphasis on systemic, organizational and ideational variables, in order to analyze the tipping points and main factors that have determined the switch from economic to security actors

  • Contributes to the literature on military interventions and regional institutional security design and development

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security Challenges

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Theorizing Organizational Change

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    Pages 13-34

  4. The 1978–1991 Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Vietnam Standoff

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    Pages 35-51

  5. The 1990 Economic Community of West African States-Liberian Civil War Challenge

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    Pages 53-75

  6. The 1990–1991 European Communities-Balkans Crisis

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    Pages 77-98

  7. Explaining and Understanding Regional Economic Organizations’ Response to Conventional Security Challenges

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    Pages 99-107
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About this book

Within the context of regional integration, comparative regionalism, organizational change, and regional security literatures, this book investigates three cases wherein regional economic organizations were confronted with conventional security threats: the 1978-91 Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Vietnam Standoff, the 1990 Economic Community of West Africa-Liberian Civil War Challenge, and the 1990-91 European Communities-Balkans Crisis. While the literature suggests multiple possible explanations for regional economic organizations’ response to these security challenges, including systemic and power-related factors, organizational factors and functional needs, and cognitive and social factors, the author argues that the decision to transform a regional economic organization into a conventional security actor is most influenced by decision makers’ perceptions of threat and functional necessity.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    M. Leann Brown

About the author

M. Leann Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, USA.


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