ASEAN's Identity Construction in Global Education Governance:Processes and Mechanisms
As a regional international organization with comprehensive functions,ASEAN has evolved into an important node in global education governance,with the scope of its governance gradually extending from politics and economy to education.In the process of its involvement into education public affairs,ASEAN has experienced triple crisis in personality,social and relational identity construction.While solving the identity crisis and constructing the"ASEAN Identity"in global education governance,ASEAN benefits from the identity evolution from being ambiguity to clarifying the function of education governance,from being passive to taking proactive roles in education participation,and from facing conflicts to well balancing in education cooperation.The construction of the identity relies on ASEAN's effective narrative of its own identity in accordance with the triple logic of reasonableness,legality and fairness,which has also led to the formation of its three major identity construction mechanisms,emphasizing its professionalism in intervening in educational affairs,its normative participation in educational governance,and its co-beneficial cooperation in educational cooperation.However,along with the profound adjustment of the global education governance pattern,the effectiveness and continuity of its identity still need to be examined.
ASEANglobal education governanceASEAN identityorganizational identity theoryregional international organization