The Development of Sub-Regional Institutions in Southeast Asia: The Case of BIMP-EAGA (Pembangunan Institusi Sub-Wilayah di Asia Tenggara: Kes Kajian BIMP-EAGA)

Hafiizh Hashim, Abdul Hai Julay

Abstract


The relationship between economics and sub-regionalism remains relatively unexplored, particularly in the Asia-Pacific context. This article seeks to broaden the comprehension of various dimensions of this relationship. One of the focuses is to understand the circumstances in which sub-regional institutions have come to be defined as components of economic development in Southeast Asia. Another is to develop a more nuanced approach to regional studies, one that recognizes that institutional changes can occur in many forms, like Historical Institutionalism. This paper’s starting point is on the emphasis that institution is a social construction: political contestations between the social forces in the domestic often influences how state shaped regional institutions that would serve their interest. It uses the critical juncture framework championed by the Historical Institutionalist approach during that particular period to produce divergent outcomes. This study uses BIMP-EAGA to provide some grounds for optimism on the relationship between institutional changes and economic development in the region.

Keywords: Historical Institutionalism, critical juncture, economic development, institutional changes, sub-regional institutions, and BIMP-EAGA

 

Abstrak


Hubungan antara ekonomi dan sub-regionalisme masih belum banyak diterokai, terutama dalam rantau Asia-Pasifik. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk lebih memahami bagaimana pelbagai dimensi mengenai hubungan ini terbentuk. Salah satu tumpuan kajian adalah untuk memahami keadaan dan kedudukan institusi-institusi sub-wilayah yang boleh dikategorikan sebagai komponen yang boleh membantu di dalam pembangunan ekonomi di rantau Asia Tenggara. Perspektif lain adalah untuk melihat sejauhmana perubahan konteks serantau, dan jika ada pendekatan yang lebih bernuansa yang boleh membantu kajian yang besifat serantau ini.  Dari itu, memang ada perubahan dan perkembangan dalam institusi dan sub regionalism, seperti  Institutionalisme Sejarah. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada sejauhmana penekanan dalam institusi berhubungkait dengan pembinaan sosial: persaingan politik dalam setiap negara yang menjurus kepada kekuatan sosial, dan ini boleh mempengaruhi bagaimana institusi itu terbentuk mengikut apa bentuk kepentingan sebuah negara untuk menuju kepada pembangunan negara. Sewajarnyalah kajian ini  menggunakan pendekatan Sejarah Institutionalisme yang mungkin berubah mengikut konteks tempat dan masa. Kes Kajian BIMP-EAGA adalah yang terbaik untuk melihat bagaimana hubungan antara perubahan institusi dan pembangunan ekonomi di rantau ini terbentuk dan berubah

Kata kunci: Institutionalisme Sejarah, titik/tahap kritikal, pembangunan ekonomi, perubahan institusi, institusi sub-wilayah, dan BIMP-EAGA

 

 


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