Social Emergence in International Relations Institutional Dynamics i
This book presents a conceptualization of social emergence in international relations as a novel angle to analyse institutional dynamics in East Asia, introducing the concept of emergence from a critical realist perspective. The author examines East Asia’
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Maren Wagner
Social Emergence in International Relations
Maren Wagner
Social Emergence in International Relations Institutional Dynamics in East Asia
Maren Wagner GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies Hamburg, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-33550-6 ISBN 978-3-319-33551-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33551-3
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The idea for this book evolved out of my research interest in institutional dynamics in East Asia—a region characterized by a fascinating and ever-growing meshwork of regional institutions, entities that contribute to integrative processes and that affect regional policies. I have always wondered how such regional institutions emerge and acquire the distinct characteristics that give them their own unique nature. Looking at existing scholarly works, I found these issues to be mostly unresolved and indeed contested in the field of International Relations (IR). I thus felt the need to reconsider the emergence of regional institutions in such a way as to incorporate into IR thinking the complex interplay between such emergent entities in the international system, and furthermore to clarify how emergence works and how we can potentially trace it. This book would not have been possible without the assistance and support of the various individuals and institutions that have facilitated and encouraged its creation. First, I want to thank both the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and the University of Hamburg for their financial support, which not only allowed me to hone my research at several international workshops, conferences, and during
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