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By 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will become an integrated economic area. Although ASEAN’s vision has been underpinned by three pillars on political security, economic, and socio-cultural community, much emphasis has been placed on regional economic development and trade. There are concerns over regional disparities, the impacts of large-scale infrastructure development, the enclosure of local resources, new forms of resource governance and accumulation by dispossession. On the human rights front, concerns regarding the rights of non-citizens, identity crises, health, food safety, sovereignty, feminization of labor and non-traditional security have been addressed.
This conference, which will be held during 26-27 July, 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, will bring together various concerned groups to discuss the prospects and challenges in moving towards an AEC. The outcomes of the conference will help foster understanding of the AEC, and prepare people for the changes ahead and to cope with any unforeseen consequences.
Important deadlines:
panel proposals: 31 January 2012
paper abstracts: 31 March 2012
papers: 31 May 2012
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