contemporary world

1. NON-STATE REGIONISM

2. NON STATE REGIONALISM
• It is not only states that agree to
work together in the name of a
single cause.
• Communities also engage in
regional organizing

3. THE NEW REGIONALISM VARIES INFOR
M:
• Tiny associations that includes few actors
and focusedon a single issue
- Ex. environmental concerns, military,
sports, food
• Huge continental unions that address a
multitude ofcommon problems
- Ex. United Nations

4. NON STATE REGIONALISM
● Rely on the power of individuals,
NGO’s and associations to link up
with one another in pursuit of a
particular goal
● Identified with reformists who share
the same values, norms, institutions
and systems
- Ex.
Terrorists groups, Masons, religious

5. THEY ALSO
VARY IN TACTICS

6. Some partner with governments to
initiate social change
• Ex. ASEAN on Human rights
declaration, NAFTA(North
American Free Trade Agreement)

7. Some dedicate themselves to
specialized causes
•Ex. Activists across Central and
South America established the Rainforest
Foundation to protect indigenous peoples
and rain forests in certain countries like
Brazil, Peru, etc.
•Ex. Regional Interfaith Youth Networks
– young Christians to promote conflict
prevention
•Ex. Migrant Forum
– promoting the rights and welfare of
migrant
workers

8. CHALLENGES

9. 1. Primary power lies in their moral
standing and their ability to
combine
obbying with pressure politics.
Unfortunately, some are poorly
financed.
2. Discord that may emerge among them
•Ex. Issues like gender and religion. Groups that
side with the church
opposed to reproductive rights and other pro
women policies
•Some countries Refused to recognize rights of
undocumented
migrants from Migrant Forum lobbying for their
rights

10. 3. Resurgence
of militant
nationalism and
populism
•The refusal to
dismantle NATO
after the collapse of
SovietUnion
4. Resurgence
of militant
nationalism and
populism
•The refusal to
dismantle NATO
after the collapse of
SovietUnion
5. ASEAN Members
sovereignty and
disagreements in
treating China
• Receiving aid, favoring
diplomacy over
condemnation.

11. 6. Differing visions of what regionalism should be for
Western govts – simply an economic formations but also an
instrument of political democratization
•Non Western. Singapore, China and Russia see democracy as
an obstacle to the implementation of economic globalization
because of constant public inquiry about economic projects and
lengthy.

12. 7. Countries will find it difficult to reject all forms of
global economic integration and it will be hard for
them to turn their backs on their regions.

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