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This chapter introduces the key organizing theme of the volume as being structural impediments to the transition from prioritizing the security, development, and rights of the state to prioritizing those of the citizen in East Asian states. It notes that East Asian polities continue to give undue primacy to the state in their governance. Furthermore, there are embedded structural obstacles to achieving human-centered governance objectives in the region. These relate to the role of the military in countries in East Asia, historical authoritarian legacies, and new authoritarian trends. A brief overview of the theoretical framework and East Asian operating environment is followed by a chapter overview of the six paradigmatic case studies of National Security, Statecentricy and Governance in East Asia: North Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, and Lao PDR.
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Howe, B. (2018). State-Centric Challenges to Human-Centered Governance. In: Howe, B. (eds) National Security, Statecentricity, and Governance in East Asia. Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58974-9_1
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