Prospects of Alternative Regionalism in a Globalizing Southeast Asia
摘要
The different cases discussed in this volume serve as examples of development alternatives that question and go beyond the homogenizing claims of modernist approaches to development. Rather than starting from universalist, topdown concepts, these initiatives tend to be rooted in local cultural values and norms, subaltern identities, and everyday practices. From these cases, this chapter interrogates the possibility of a regionalism based on ‘real regions’ that become spaces of emancipation, self-realization, and empowerment.