The World of Region

governments associations societies and groups form regional organizations and or networks as a way of coping with the challenges of globalization globalization has made people aware of the world in general but it has also made filipinos more cognizant of specific areas such as southeast asia how for instance did the philippines come to identify itself with the southeast

asian region why is it part of a regional grouping known as the association of southeast asian nations or asean while regionalism is often seen as a political and economical phenomenon the therm actually encompasses a broader area it can be examined in relation to identities ethics religion ecological sustainability and health regionalism is also a process

and must be treated as an immersion socially constituted phenomenon it means that regions are not natural or given rather they are constructed and defined by policy makers economic actors and even social movements this lesson will look at regions as political entities and examine what brings them together as they interlock with globalization the other

facets of regionalism will then be explored especially those that pertain to identities ethics religion ecological sustainability and health edward d mansfield and helen milner state that economic and political definitions of regions vary but there are certain basic features that everyone can agree on first legions are a group of countries located in the same geographically

specified area or are an amalgamation of two regions or a combination of more than two regions organized to regulate and oversee flows and policy choices second the world's regionalization and regionalism should not be interchanged as the former refers to the regional concentration of economic flows while the latter is a political process characterized