Title of document: 50 Years of ASEAN – Still Waiting for Social and Ecological Justice

Authors: Fransiskus Tarmedi, Julia Behrens & Manfred Hornung

Journal’s name if any:

Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia

Year of publication: 2017

Geographic focus: ASEAN

Main issues / topics addressed (for example: The Development of ASEAN - an introduction; ASEAN Identity, now and into the future: the interaction across borders in Southeast Asia; ASEAN among Great Powers…)

School of agroecology (if any):

Web address to original document (if any): https://www.boell.de/en/2017/11/16/50-years-asean-still-waiting-social-and-ecological-justice?dimension1=ds_asean50_en

Summary:

In 1967 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded. Which role does social and ecological justice play? How does ASEAN react to the current geopolitical situation, in which the climate crisis poses the biggest threat and must be tackled through joint efforts? Countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam are highly vulnerable to climate change and feel the consequences already today. Is ASEAN able to react to the social and ecological challenges by taking the interest of its people into account?

This book collects all articles of our dossier "50 Years of ASEAN" and analyzes the institutions of ASEAN - their history, dynamics and policies.