Local institutions at the crossroads of environmental regionalism in Southeast Asia: State-civil society interplays and tensions

College

College of Liberal Arts

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Philippine Political Science Journal

Volume

28

Issue

51

First Page

33

Last Page

54

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

This paper inquires into the implications of the different discursive imaginations on civil societies and the state from the perspective of the social sciences, particularly political science and international relations. It focuses on some interfaces and tensions that exist between civil society on one hand, and the state and its bureaucratic instrumentalities on the other, particularly in the domain of environment and natural resources governance in the context of new regionalisms and of alternative concepts of human security. There is now a new context for regionalism in Southeast Asia, not only among state structures, such as the ASEAN and the various Mekong bodies, but also among local civil societies coming from the region. It is in this context that issues confronting local communities are given a new sphere for interaction, as well as a new platform for engaging state structures and processes. This paper illustrates how dynamic are the possibilities for nonstate domains for transnational interactions, particularly in the context of the emerging environmental regionalism. This occurs despite the dominance of neo-realist political theorizing, and the state-centric nature of international interactions.

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Disciplines

Political Science

Keywords

Civil society; Political science

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