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ASIAN
REGIONALISM
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refers to the decentralization of political

powers or competencies from a higher
towards a lower political level.

Top-down Regionalism
Bottom-up Regionalism
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Why does countries form

regional organization?
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ASIAN REGIONALISM
a product of economic interaction
between Asian countries.
Asian economies have grown not
only richer, but also closer
together.
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VIEWS OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE

ASIA PACIFIC AND SOUTH ASIA
Globalization is an external
phenomenon being pushed into
the region by world powers.

It is a force for good bringing

economic development, political
progress, and social and cultural
diversity to the region.
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VIEWS OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE

ASIA PACIFIC AND SOUTH ASIA
The Asia Pacific and South Asia
East (or Northeast) Asia
South Asia
Pacific Islands

The Asia and South Pacific has

emerged over the past decade as a
new political force in the world.
Asia Pacific and
South Asia’s Impact
on Globalization
Asia was the central global force in
the early modern world economy.

It was the site of the most

important trade routes and in
some places more advanced in
technology than West such as
science and medicine.
JAPAN
INDIA
India's Percentage
of Migrant Workers China's Percentage
of Migrant Workers
2020-2021 28.9%
26.5% FOR RURAL 20.9%
34.9% FOR URBAN
Philippines Percentage
48%- Females of Migrant Workers
10.7% - Males 20.9%
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It aims to develop and maintain
cooperation with outside actors.
The Region- Regionalization entails complex
and dynamic interactions
Making in between and among
Southeast governmental and
nongovernmental actors which
Asia and resulted to hybrid East Asia.

Middle-Class The product of regional

Formation: economic development in the
post war era are the middle
The Third Wave classes in east Asia.
2. New urban middle classes in East Asia
Middle Classes in
The Philippines
New urban middle classes emerged in
the post 1986 Philippines.

They were created through growth in

retail trade, manufacture, banking, real
estate development, and an expanding
range of specialist services.
REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF
MIDDLE-CLASS FORMATION
IN EAST ASIA
Complex historical forces shaped new urban middle
classes. They are product of regional economic
development, which has taken place in waves under
the U.S. informal empire over a half century.

The political consequences of the rise of East Asia

middle classes vary.
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