TY  - BOOK
AU  - Austria,Myrna S.
AU  - Damond,Joseph M.
AU  - Feinberg,Richard
AU  - Feinberg,Richard E.
AU  - Goodings,Stewart
AU  - Haworth,Nigel
AU  - Krongkaew,Medhi
AU  - MacDuff,David
AU  - McKay,John
AU  - Mullen,Michael C.
AU  - Scollay,Robert
AU  - Soesastro,Hadi
AU  - Woo,Yuen Pau
AU  - Yamazawa,Ippei
TI  - APEC as an Institution: Multilateral Governance in the Asia-Pacific 
SN  - 9789812302090
U1  - 380 
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Singapore : 
PB  - ISEAS Publishing, 
KW  - Asian cooperation
KW  - Pacific Area cooperation
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; THE CONTRIBUTORS --; GLOSSARY --; INTRODUCTION --; SECTION I. POLICY REPORT --; 1. Remaking APEC as an Institution --; SECTION II. APEC’S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES --; 2. APEC’s Overall Goals and Objectives, Evolution and Current Status --; 3. APEC as a Pacific OECD Revisited --; SECTION III. MANAGEMENT REFORMS --; 4. The APEC Secretariat --; 5. Project Selection and Evaluation --; SECTION IV. TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ECOTECH --; 6. The APEC Decision-Making Process for Trade Policy Issues --; 7. Towards an Assessment of APEC Trade Liberalization and Facilitation --; 8. Investment Liberalization and Facilitation in the Asia Pacific --; 9. The Wheel that Drives APEC --; 10. Potential in Search of Achievement --; SECTION V. NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTICIPATION IN APEC --; 11. Business Involvement in APEC --; 12. Civil Society Participation in APEC --; SECTION VI. APEC AND THE SECURITY AGENDA: FIRST THOUGHTS --; 13. APEC’S Role in Political and Security Issues --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - APEC is an experimental multilateralism, relying not on a large bureaucracy but rather upon national government agencies, semi-autonomous inter-governmental committees and "virtual" associations. Organized around the principles of consensus, voluntarism and unilateralism, APEC has eschewed binding agreements enforced through monitoring and robust compliance mechanisms. This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of APEC's "soft" institutionalism, and its capstone policy report, "Remaking APEC", identifies reforms that would close the credibility gap between APEC's promises and accomplishments. Chapters by leading scholars at APEC Study Centres investigate APEC's core agenda -- trade and investment liberalization and capacity-building -- delve into the inner workings of APEC's bureaucracy, and explore APEC's interactions with civil society, including the private sector and NGOs. This volume contains both the policy report and in-depth specialized studies. It is the product of the APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN), a collaborative, independent project among participating APEC Study Centres. APIAN's first major study, Assessing APEC's Progress: Trade, Ecotech and Institutions was also published by ISEAS(2001)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789812305015
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789812305015
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789812305015/original
ER  -