APEC as an Institution : : Multilateral Governance in the Asia-Pacific / / ed. by Richard Feinberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Austria, Myrna S.,; Damond, Joseph M.,; Feinberg, Richard E.,; Goodings, Stewart,; Haworth, Nigel,; Krongkaew, Medhi,; MacDuff, David,; McKay, John,; Mullen, Michael C.,; Scollay, Robert,; Soesastro, Hadi,; Woo, Yuen Pau,; Yamazawa, Ippei,
• HerausgeberIn: Feinberg, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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