TY - BOOK AU - Severino,Rodolfo C. TI - ASEAN SN - 9789812307507 AV - DS520 .S479 2008 U1 - 341.247 23 PY - 2008///] CY - Singapore : PB - ISEAS Publishing, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; About the Author --; Chapter 1. Beginnings and Expansion --; Chapter 2. ASEAN and Regional Security --; Chapter 3. ASEAN and the Regional Economy --; Chapter 4. Working Together for the Common Good --; Chapter 5. Relations with the Rest of the World --; Chapter 6. Building a Community --; References; restricted access N2 - Since its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been an increasingly large part of the life of Southeast Asia, although most people in the region know very little about it. ASEAN has helped bring peace and stability to the region. It has successfully engaged the world’s major powers, in East Asia and beyond. ASEAN has taken steps to integrate the regional economy as an important means of cooperatively improving the region’s competitiveness, attracting investments, generating jobs, raising incomes, and lowering costs and prices. ASEAN has also formed networks for dealing with regional problems like communicable diseases, environmental degradation, and transnational crime. An essential part of the Southeast Asia Background Series, this book seeks to shed some light on what ASEAN is all about UR - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789812307514 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789812307514 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789812307514/original ER -