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ASEAN Post-50

Emerging Issues and Challenges

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Celebrates the first 50 years of ASEAN regional integration
  • Outlines challenges facing ASEAN internally and externally
  • Offers policy recommendations
  • Examines ASEAN with respect to politics and security, economy, and socio-culture

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Overview of ASEAN

    • Aida Idris, Nurliana Kamaruddin
    Pages 1-12
  3. The ASEAN-ROK Economic Relations: Challenges and Opportunities

    • Nurliana Kamaruddin, Jan Vincent Galas
    Pages 35-52
  4. Determinants of Chinese Overseas FDI in ASEAN Countries

    • Jie Zheng, Mohd Nazari Ismail
    Pages 53-79
  5. Empowerment for Economic and Human Capital Development Through Education

    • Wendy Mei Tien Yee, Serina Rahman
    Pages 81-99
  6. ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework: Harmonization of ASEAN Higher Education Area

    • Zita Mohd Fahmi, Usharani Balasingam, Jake M. Laguador
    Pages 101-134
  7. Environmental Threats to the Performance of Urban Areas in ASEAN Integration

    • Zakaria Alcheikh Mahmoud, Yahaya Ahmad, Melasutra Md. Dali, Nikmatul Adha Nordin
    Pages 177-201
  8. Regulatory Incoherence in Nutrition Labelling of Pre-packaged Food in ASEAN: What Next?

    • Evelyn S. Devadason, VGR Chandran Govindaraju
    Pages 203-229
  9. Challenges and Opportunities; Lessons for ASEAN Post 50

    • Nurliana Kamaruddin, Aida Idris
    Pages 239-247
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 249-251

About this book

The first 50 years of ASEAN integration has brought peace and prosperity to the Southeast Asian region, while the next 50 will undoubtedly be fraught with unprecedented challenges. Today ASEAN not only has to contend with its own internal challenges arising from the highly diverse political, economic and socio-cultural systems of its member countries, it also has to deal with external factors which include shifts in geostrategic balance, fraying global consensus on free trade, populism and xenophobia, climate change, digital revolutions and cybercrimes.

Set against the above background, this edited collection considers some of the contemporary issues and challenges faced by ASEAN in its journey towards more cohesive and dynamic regional integration. Among the topics explored are ASEAN’s evolving partnerships with its key strategic partners including China and the United States on economic policies and strategies, educational systems and frameworks, migration and environmental threats.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Aida Idris

  • Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Nurliana Kamaruddin

About the editors

Aida Idris is Associate Professor at the Department of Business Strategy and Policy, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, and former Deputy Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Nurliana Kamaruddin is Senior Lecturer at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: ASEAN Post-50

  • Book Subtitle: Emerging Issues and Challenges

  • Editors: Aida Idris, Nurliana Kamaruddin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8043-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8042-6Published: 19 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8045-7Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8043-3Published: 10 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 251

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Economics, Economic Growth, International Economics, Agricultural Economics, Education Economics, Environmental Economics

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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