05709nam 2200745 a 450 991046454890332120200520144314.01-283-23489-09786613234896981-4335-07-X(CKB)3400000000017085(EBL)840723(OCoLC)858227955(SSID)ssj0000534161(PQKBManifestationID)12232354(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534161(PQKBWorkID)10491786(PQKB)10519768(MiAaPQ)EBC840723(WSP)00008022(Au-PeEL)EBL840723(CaPaEBR)ebr10493524(CaONFJC)MIL323489(OCoLC)754765347(EXLCZ)99340000000001708520110224d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrASEAN matters![electronic resource] reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations /editor, Lee Yoong YoongHackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub.20111 online resource (371 p.)Includes index.981-4335-06-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Foreword Tommy Koh; Introduction Lee Yoong Yoong; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; THEME ONE ASEAN'S HISTORY, IMAGE AND CHALLENGES; Chapter 1. ASEAN: What It Cannot Do, What It Can and Should Do by Rodolfo C. Severino; Chapter 2. ASEAN's Potential and Role: A Review by Tran Duc Minh; ASEAN: 43 Years of Comprehensive Co-Operation and Integration; Challenges; Some Reflections on the Way Ahead; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Promises and Contradictions of ASEAN by Liu Yanling; Chapter 4. Can We Do Anything about the Unimplemented ASEAN Agreements? by Bernard K.M. TaiChapter 5. ASEAN's Perception Problem by S. TiwariKeeping the Peace; Assistance for Disasters and Disease Outbreaks; Building Up Trade Linkages; Dialogue Partnerships; Why Does ASEAN have a Perception Problem and What Does it Need to Do?; Chapter 6. ASEAN: The Challenge Is Upon Us by Bandol Lim; ASEAN Political-Security Community; ASEAN and International Relations; Where is ASEAN in talks on global affairs?; ASEAN Economic Community (AEC); Moving beyond economic jargon and rhetoric to deliver action; ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (Promoting an ASEAN Identity)Chapter 7. Covering ASEAN for Three Decades by Kavi ChongkittavornChapter 8. Three Decades of ASEAN Linkage: Brunei Darussalam, from 1984 Towards 2015 by Pushpa Thambipillai; Background; Finding the Niche in ASEAN; ASEAN, the Cornerstone; Functional Gains; Going to the Masses; Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 9. ASEAN and East Timor: Family Someday? by Noordin Azhari; Background; Is ASEAN Reluctant to Accept East Timor?; Conclusion; THEME TWO POLITICS AND SECURITY; Chapter 10. ASEAN: A Pillar of Regional Stability by Johari AcheeChapter 11. Relevance of ASEAN in Forging Regional Peace, Security and Prosperity by Nicholas T. DammenChapter 12. The Nargis Experience: Pragmatic Solutions Towards Change by Moe Thuzar; The ASEAN Way and Myanmar; The Impact of Cyclone Nargis; Chapter 13. ASEAN Efforts in Dealing with Transnational Crime by Un Sovannasam; Introduction; ASEAN Efforts to Combat Transnational Crime; Challenges to Regional Co-Operation in Combating Transnational Crime; Appropriate institutions and their effective co-ordination; Domestic priorities and regional co-operation; Conclusion; THEME THREE ECONOMICSChapter 14. ASEAN Economic Integration: The Strategic Imperative by Ong Keng YongGlobalisation and China; ASEAN Connectivity; Stumbling Blocks; Gains from Economic Integration; Insufficient Institutionalisation; Conclusion; Chapter 15. Overcoming the Obstacles: Increasing ASEAN Relevance in the Promotion of Regional Trade by David Martin; Chapter 16. Trade Dispute Settlement within ASEAN by David Chin Soon Siong; Trade Disputes within ASEAN; ASEAN's process of negotiated accommodation; Rate of liberation of goods tariffs; Negotiated targets for liberalisation; Acceleration of overall targetSafety valves to underpin accelerated liberalisationsThe initiative to establish the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community was adopted by the ten leaders at the 2003 Bali Summit in Indonesia. Since then, the concept of a community-building process in ASEAN has become an issue that attracts a great deal of attention from scholars and experts around the world. ASEAN Matters! Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations carries essays with different perspectives on critical issues relating to the three pillars in building the ASEAN Community, namely the ASEAN Political and Security Community; the ASEAN Economic CommunRegionalismSoutheast AsiaSecurity, InternationalSoutheast AsiaEconomic developmentSoutheast AsiaSoutheast AsiaPolitics and government1945-Southeast AsiaEconomic policySoutheast AsiaEconomic integrationSoutheast AsiaForeign economic relationsSoutheast AsiaForeign relationsElectronic books.RegionalismSecurity, InternationalEconomic development337.1/59Lee Yoong Yoong886110MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464548903321ASEAN matters1978703UNINA03097nam 2200589 450 991082914070332120170919040217.01-63388-025-7(CKB)3710000000451513(SSID)ssj0001519094(PQKBManifestationID)12621601(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001519094(PQKBWorkID)11533057(PQKB)11113085(MiAaPQ)EBC5893695(EXLCZ)99371000000045151320191003d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrGod and government twenty-five years of fighting for equality, secularism, and freedom of conscience /Rev. Barry W. LynnAmherst, New York :Prometheus Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (333 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-63388-024-9 Includes bibliographical references and index."A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he offers a unique perspective and a wealth of experience on church-state controversies. In this lively book, he has compiled his writings from various sources to explore in depth the many ways religious extremists have attempted to erode individual liberties. The topics range from publicly-promoted prayer to efforts to undermine public education and replace it with taxpayer-subsidized vouchers for religious schools, interfering with end-of-life and reproductive rights, censorship, and belligerence directed against nonbelievers and minorities. Lynn concludes that the ultimate goal of these extremist forces--consisting mainly of the Protestant Religious Right and the Roman Catholic hierarchy--is the creation of a corporate theocracy, a decidedly undemocratic system of government in which nonconservative Christians, along with humanist, feminists, and the LGBTQ community, are relegated to second-class status in America"--Provided by publisher.Christianity and politicsUnited StatesChurch and stateUnited StatesFreedom of religionUnited StatesReligious pluralismUnited StatesReligious rightUnited StatesReligious toleranceUnited StatesChristianity and politicsChurch and stateFreedom of religionReligious pluralismReligious rightReligious tolerance322/.10973REL084000POL004000LAW018000bisacshLynn Barry W.1155664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829140703321God and government3999357UNINA