Critical security in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anthony Burke and Matt McDonald. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-300) and index.

Regionalism and security in East Asia -- Emancipation and force: the role(s) of the military in Southeast Asia -- The political economy of security: geopolitics and capitalist development in the Asia-Pacific -- Deconstructing the discourse on epistemic agency: a Singaporean tale of two 'essentialisms' -- "Freedom from fear': conflict, displacement and human security in Burma (Myanmar) -- Australia paranoid: security politics and identity policy -- Harm and emancipation: making environmental security 'critical' in the Asia-Pacific -- Seeking security for refugees -- Discourses of security in China: towards a critical turn? -- Nuclear weapons in the Asia-Pacific: a critical security appraisal -- US hegemony, the 'war on terror' and security in the Asia-Pacific -- Dealing with a nuclear North Korea: conventional an alternative security scenarios -- Security as enslavement, security as emancipation: gendered legacies and feminist futures in the Asia-Pacific? -- Conclusion: emancipating security in the Asia-Pacific?

Designed and written as a key teaching text for Asia-Pacific security courses, and offers an accessible and sophisticated account of often- neglected realities of marginalisation and vulnerability in the region, and a powerful argument for the empowerment and security of the most vulnerable. Australian content.