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Contesting the 'promotion' and 'protection' of human rights: a critical understanding of the ASEAN–EU relationship through representational force
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Abstract How do we explain ASEAN - a non-western, traditionally 'weak' actor - and the degree to which it has successfully co-opted the EU into accepting its approach to human rights? This article considers the question of human rights in the ASEAN-EU relationship. It does so by reappraising the literature o... view more
How do we explain ASEAN - a non-western, traditionally 'weak' actor - and the degree to which it has successfully co-opted the EU into accepting its approach to human rights? This article considers the question of human rights in the ASEAN-EU relationship. It does so by reappraising the literature on constructivism and comparative regionalism, embracing the move beyond norm diffusion and Europe to norm contestation and local actors, namely ASEAN. Building on the literature of contestation, it operationalises Mattern's model of Representational Force to analyse the case study of the ASEAN-EU relationship from the 1990s to the establishment of AICHR in 2009 and beyond where we can see contestation in action. Interestingly, through the contestation over the 'promotion' and 'protection' of human rights, there is significant scope to see how it is ASEAN that has largely co-opted the EU into supporting a uniquely 'ASEAN' approach to human rights in Southeast Asia.... view less
Keywords
ASEAN; EU; international relations; international politics; human rights; Southeast Asia
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Internationale Norm; Menschenrechtspolitik; critical constructivism; representational force
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 3-24
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 42 (2023) 1
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed