ABSTRACT This paper argues that there is greater international policy coordination capacity in Asia than commonly acknowledged in claims about strong mutual assertions and recognition of national sovereignty. The paper dissects the notion of ‘weak institutions’ at the international level by developing conceptually an argument about relationships between formal and informal institutions. The argument is then illustrated by cases drawn from public health policy coordination in Asia. A brief concluding section highlights the relationship between formal and informal institutions as critical to investigations of the strength of different modes of international policy coordination in Asia.

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制度主义对亚洲国际政策协调的看法：非传染性疾病预防政策的案例

摘要本文认为，亚洲的国际政策协调能力要强于强有力的相互主张和承认国家主权的主张所普遍承认的能力。本文通过在概念上发展有关正式和非正式制度之间关系的论点，在国际层面剖析了“弱制度”的概念。然后从亚洲公共卫生政策协调中得出的案例说明了这一论点。简短的结论部分强调了正式机构和非正式机构之间的关系，这对于调查亚洲不同国际政策协调模式的力量至关重要。