ROSETTE DL.

BASCO

BSBA – MG2A

1.  Search for the following topics:

            A. A World of Regions - In this grandly illuminating study of

Asian and European regionalism, Katzenstein claims that world
politics is built around regions that have been deeply influenced by the
United States' postwar "imperium." Rich in themes and insights, the
book provides a sort of sweeping archaeological account of the layers
and complexities of postwar European and Asian territorial groupings.
At the deepest level, these regions were given their distinctive shape
by American power, global designs, and ties to Germany and Japan --
and the economic and security institutions that these allies built in the
shadow of the Cold War. Both Asia and Europe exhibit what
Katzenstein calls "porous regionalism," an openness that is reinforced
by growth in cross-border exchanges and global transformations in
interstate relations. The most interesting insights in the book come
from the comparison between Asia's network style of open regionalism
and Europe's more formal institutional complex. Some readers will be
frustrated by the sheer complexity of the narrative. But this seems to
be precisely Katzenstein's point: it is the convoluted interconnections
of countries and regions that define the current global order.

            B. Global Divide: The North and the South - The concept of a

gap between the Global North and the Global South in terms of
development and wealth. Despite very significant development gains
globally which have raised many millions of people out of absolute
poverty, there is substantial evidence that inequality between the
world’s richest and poorest countries is widening. In 1820 western
Europe's per capita income was three times bigger than Africa’s but by
2000 it was thirteen times as big. In addition, in 2013, Oxfam reported
that the richest 85 people in the world owned the same amount of
wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population.

            C. Asian Regionalism - Asian regionalism is the product of

economic interaction, not political planning. As a result of successful,
outward oriented growth strategies, Asian economies have grown not
only richer, but also closer together. In recent years, new
technological trends have further strengthened ties among them, as
have the rise of the PRC and India and the region’s growing weight in
the global economy.

2. All your research must be place in short bond paper and to be

submitted once the classes resume. 

3. Search for a newspaper or magazine caricature that illustrate your

answer to the question, " Are the Global North and Global South
dependent on one another?". Cut or print the selected caricature then
paste it in a short bond paper. Then write a short explanation bout it. 

Global North and

Global South are not
dependent on one
another. For example,
North Korea and South
Korea which is both
Korean both it does not mean that they have the same culture. These
North Korea and South Korea are rivals so they ready themselves
 incase of war for instance, traing their men for about 2 years in South
Korea and in the part of North, the traing will last up to five years.
Since being divided at the end of World War II and ravaged by conflict
in the 1950s, North and South Korea have taken radically different
political and economic paths. The South is now a robust democracy
that plays a key role in the world economy, while the North is an
impoverished dictatorship that presents an outside military threat. An
industrial boom in the decades that followed the Korean War allowed
South Korea to prosper. North Korea, however, became isolated under
the Kim family dynasty. It means that the divisions put in place mid-
way through the 20th Century remain stark today.

A nation’s division is not just a line on its geographical map; it carves

through the hearts of its people. Those who were united for centuries
stand separated, forced to acknowledge the political division over the
bond of relations, language, and culture. Pictures from the
heartwarming reunion of Korean families in February 2014 reflects the
pain of the generation that witnessed the divide and were separated
from their loved ones. Newer generations identify themselves
as North Koreans and South Koreans. Today, what remains is the
heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North Korea and
South Korea.

4. Make a table, then choose one city or town in the Philippines where
you can observe or experience the Global North and Global South. List
down the specific scenarios. 

Cebu City on the Philippines. Moreover, transnational multilocalities

are developing within continents and between the North and the
South.

Global North Global South

In contrast, with respect to the Global North, multi-local
arrangements are often perceived as “easy practises” for Residential multi-locality in the South has predominantly
leisure, which is – indeed – the first motive of the multilocals been conceived of as driven by structural constraints
in many of these countries.
North are predominantly choice-related; for instance, if a job
elsewhere is deliberately sought out in order to advance Global South, an increasing number of people use a
one’s career and professional status or, also, to gain an secondary home for leisure
increase in income (Dick and Reuschke 2012).
North are not free from structural constraints. South is a result of individual agency and choice, and
 inversely, that many multi-locational living arrangements
multi-local living in the Global South continues to be an
a number of studies realised on multi-locality in the Global important means of survival for the poor, in the context of
North in the last years refute the notion of it being a mere economic globalisation and the democratisation of
matter of choice. education it also becomes relevant for what is being
discussed as a rising (and educated) middle class
In the Global North, since the majority of people live in
urban areas, such rural-urban circular job-induced migration
is not so prominent, as studies on job-induced circular
migration
In the North, the urban-urban pattern predominates even
among multi-local living arrangements for leisure.
In the Global North, the rise of individualism, newly adopted
fathers’ roles, and women’s emancipation contribute to the
emergence of specific household and multi-local living
arrangements including, for example, couples “Living Apart
Together”, who spend part-time together in one of the
members’ residence without unifying their homes.

5. Read the referenced article and complete the statements that

follow. 

       McFarlane C. (2006). Crossing borders: Development, learning

and the North - South divide. Third World Quarter, 27(8) 1413-1437

          A. The three (3) things that I significantly learned from the

readings are.

1. I’ve learned that this involves a conceptualisation of learning that is

at once ethical and indirect: ethical because it transcends a liberal
integration of subaltern knowledge, and indirect because it transcends
a rationalist tendency to limit learning to direct knowledge transfer
between places perceived as similar.

2. I’ve also learned that they have been used to mobilise collectives of
low-income countries on issues as diverse as the nonaligned
movement, labour rights, trade and tariffs, and the environment.

3. And lastly I read about that this makes it unlikely for policy-makers
interested in, for instance, EU expansion or federalism to think to look
not just to the example of the United States but perhaps also to that of
India, where the federal settlement has had to negotiate linguistic,
cultural and religious differences.
          B. The three (3) things that are still unclear to me are.

1. That in these constructs, the city is positioned in a hierarchy

through which it is measured against, for instance, transnational
business or finance networks, in ways that obscure other aspects of
city-life in those cities, “especially dynamic economic activities,
popular culture, innovations in urban governance and the creative
production of diverse forms of urbanism.

2. These often precarious and vulnerable economies may relate to

forms of transnational business or finance networks, but they remain
largely distinct.

3. And lastly for all that, they have also been acutely fractured
categories. Witness, for instance, the divisive oil politics of OPEC. And
with the „war on terror‟ shaping the contemporary geopolitical
horizon, we might detect the emergence of a conservative neo-Third
Worldism that shelters state violence in 4 countries including
Indonesia or India, and that retains little of the progressive collectivist
politics

         C. I used to think that the implications of doing so are being

increasingly documented in a variety of fields in the social sciences.

         D.  The Three (3) questions that I want to ask about the
readings are.

1. Does the game bring us any closer to a true definition of a

developing country?

2. Does the game bring us any closer to a true‟ definition of a

developing poor and rich country?

3. In these constructs, does the city positioned in a hierarchy through

which it is measured against, for instance, transnational business or
finance networks?

6. Identify two strength of the Philippines that may contribute to the

greater integration among countries in the Asian region.

-Easier and cheaper travel options for everyone Of course, it only

makes sense that ASEAN wants to provide easier travel services for
their service providers. However, even citizens can enjoy the benefit of
improved air, sea, or land travel. Thanks to ASEAN, there are now
VISA-free entry countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Last
 October 2017, during the 23rd ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting,
members signed several plans to improve transportation within the
region.

-Cheaper goods and services Other than better travel options, ASEAN
also gives nations within the region to do more trade for goods and
services. Tax on imported goods is lowered or even eliminated.
Navotas Mayor John Rey Tianco said it best during the 50th ASEAN
Anniversary, “A fully-implemented ASEAN Economic Community could
mean lower taxes and tariffs for imported goods and this, in turn, could
lead to lower cost of living and a greater purchasing power for us.”

7. Discuss, how the Philippines reacts to regional and global

challenges listed below. Choose only three and list down three (3)
actions for each.  

 Challenges
1 International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Actions
A. The Government underspending
B. Structural reform momentum and
infrastructure push is strong, landmark
reform bills have been signed into law
recently, including rice tariffication, a
national digital ID, the ease of doing
business here in the Philippines.

C. Revised the list of priority flagship

infrastructure projects based on
feasibility and cost-benefit
consideration, with the objective of
raising infrastructure investment to over
6 percent of GDP in 2022.

2 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation A. To improve the competitiveness of

(APEC) domestic producers and sectors here in
the Philippines.

B. Upgrading domestic facilities to meet

global standards and the aligning of
domestic regulations this also
 addresses behind the border barriers
that limits the flow of goods and
services and expand the coverage of
businesses to overseas market for the
Philippines.

C. Study and Seminars on energy,

transport, and environmental benefits of
transit oriented development here in the
Philippines. Provide training in
management of security, safety, and
emerging technology in intermodal
transportation and supply chain
systems.

A. Philippines is the country's largest

sources of official development
assistance.

B. Grabbing the opportunity to make

some projects that would benefit us in
the long run for example the Malolos
Clark Railway Project.
3. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

C. To improve local governance, youth

employment, economic corridor
planning, urbanization and regional
connectivity, access to finance and
effective disaster risk management
complete the planned development here
in the Philippines.
8. Read the referenced article and complete the statements that
follow:

             Shiraishi, T. (2004). The rise of new urban middle classes

in Southeast Asia: What is its national and regional significance? The
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 237-271

        A. The three (3) things that I significantly learned from the

readings are.

1. I’ve learned that this report examines the intersection of urbanization

and the rise of the new creative or middle class in Southeast Asia.

2. I’ve also learned that Singapore occupies the first tier, ranking third
in terms of the share of its population who work in the creative class
occupations and ninth on the Global Creativity Index, with levels of
development and of the creative class similar to the most advanced
nations of the world.

3. Lastly, I’ve learned that Malaysia and the Philippines occupy a

second tier with economies that are developing rapidly and a
substantial middle class.

         B. The three (3) things that are still unclear to me are.

1. It was unclear to me that Cambodia is one of the poorest country

but it seems not.

2. and also that the Southeast Asia is at the center of a significant

economic transformation.

3. Lastly, the Technology Index in Southeast Asia combines innovation

and R&D investment into a single index. It provides a benchmark for a
country’s overall level of technological development.

         C. I used to think that Cambodia is one of the richest country

         D.  The Three (3) questions that I want to ask about the
readings are:

1. Is really Malaysia and the Philippines occupy a second tier with

rapidly developing economies and a substantial middle class similar to
China?
2. Did they rank among the top fifty or so of the world’s nations both in
terms of their creative class and performance on the Global Creativity
Index?

3. And is the country Thailand and Vietnam fall into a third tier? Which
the creative class comprises roughly 10 percent of their workforces.