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The Conditions of Change

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The Regional Organizations of the Asia-Pacific

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In several other chapters in this volume, change within Asia-Pacific organizations has been considered in terms of its nature along a continuum between incremental and episodic movements and in its direction as it operates within the paradigm of regionalism. These perspectives raise further questions concerning the underlying conditions that have stimulated such changes and how these conditions correlate to the nature, direction and scale of subsequent change. In response, this chapter explores how environmental conditions have operated either alone or in combination to bring about thresholds for change within regional organizations. It is also an enquiry into why, despite policy reforms, these institutions continue to be perceived as ineffectual in managing issues of regional concern.

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  1. School of Politics and International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Michael Wesley (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

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Shannon, J. (2003). The Conditions of Change. In: Wesley, M. (eds) The Regional Organizations of the Asia-Pacific. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403944023_8

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