ASIAN REGIONALISM Flashcards
are a group of countries located in the same geographically specified area:
(2) Regions can be a combination of two regions:
(3) Regions can be a combination of more than two regions organized to regulate and oversee flows and policy choices.
What are regions?
The process of dividing an area into smaller segments called regions
Division of a nation into states or provinces
in the economic context, regionalization is a management tool
Regionalism is created as a sort of counter-globalization
Regional organizations will always prefer regional partners over the rest of the world.
regionalization
The expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-space and world-time.
globalization
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REGIONALIZATION AND GLOBALIZATION
•NATURE GLOBALIZATION
•MARKET GLOBALIZATION
•CULTURAL & SOCIETAL RELATIONS
•AID
•TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
GLOBALIZATION-Promotes integration of economies across state borders all around the world
REGIONALIZATION-Divides an area into smaller segments
NATURE
GLOBALIZATION - Allows many corporations to trade on international level; it allows free market.
REGIONALIZATION-Monopolies are more likely to develop. Monopoly means one producer controls supply of good or service, and where the entry of new producers is prevented or highly restricted.
Market
GLOBALIZATION-Acceleration to multiculturalism through free and inexpensive movement of people
REGIONALIZATION-Does not support multiculturalism
CULTURAL & SOCIETAL RELATIONS
GLOBALIZATION - Globalized
international communities are more willing to aid countries stricken by disasters
REGIONALIZATION-A regionalized area. does not get involved in the affairs of other areas.
AID
GLOBALIZATION-Globalization has driven great advances in technology.
REGIONALIZATION - Advanced technology is rarely available in one country or region.
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
means the whole world is becoming more connected, with countries trading and sharing ideas across continents.
Globalization
focuses on nearby countries working together more closely, like in the EU or ASEAN. Globalization is worldwide, while regionalization happens within a specific region.
Globalization
Is the process by which two or more nation-states agree to co-operate and work closely together to achieve peace, stability and wealth
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
WHY DO COUNTRIES FORM REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS?
- Military Defense
- Economic Crisis
- Resources
- Protection of Independence
is a group of countries that sought to remain neutral or independent during the Cold War avoiding formal alliances with either the United States and its NATO allies (Western bloc) or the Soviet Union (Eastern bloc).
Non alightment movement
There are many factors that are leading to the Asian Region into greater integration:
- TRADE
- SIMILAR CULTURE
- COMMON GOALS
- SIMILAR SECURITY NEEDS