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BANDUNG REVISITED
THE LEGACY OF THE 1955 ASIAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDER |
| By: |
See Seng Tan (Editor), Amitav Acharya (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£18.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9971693933 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789971693930 |
| Publisher: |
NUS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2008 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
Argues that the 1955 Asia-Africa conference (the 'Bandung Conference') had a lasting normative influence on the contemporary regional order of Asia, and that it underlies the diplomatic principles and loosely defined normative framework that characterize present-day Asian international relations. |
| Synopsis: |
The 1955 Asia-Africa conference (the "Bandung Conference") was a meeting of 29 Asian and African nations that sought to draw on Asian and African nationalism and religious traditions to forge a new international order that was neither communist nor capitalist, and led six years later to the non-aligned movement. Few would dispute the notion that the inaugural meeting in 1955 was a watershed in international history, but there is much disagreement about its long-term legacy and its significance for present-day international affairs. Was it a post-colonial ideological reaction to the passing of the age of empire or an innovative effort to promote a new regionalism? Were its principles of peaceful coexistence a rhetorical flourish or a substantive policy initiative? Did the Conference help define North-South relations? And in what way did the Conference contribute to the regional order of contemporary Asia?The authors in the present volume argue that the Bandung Conference had a lasting normative influence on the contemporary regional order of Asia, and that it underlies the diplomatic principles and loosely defined normative framework that characterize present-day Asian international relations. |
| Publication: |
Singapore |
| Imprint: |
NUS Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |