Do Young People Know ASEAN?: Update of a Ten-nation Survey

Eric C. Thompson; Chulanee Thianthai; Moe Thuzar

Published by ISEAS Publishing 2016

Do Young People Know ASEAN?

Update of a Ten-nation Survey

Eric C. Thompson , Chulanee Thianthai and Moe Thuzar

https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814695626

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In 2007, a survey – the first of its kind – was carried out to gauge young people’s awareness of and attitudes towards ASEAN, following the decision by ASEAN heads of state and government to accelerate the date for accomplishing an integrated ASEAN Community by 2015. Views and attitudes from university undergraduates in the ten ASEAN member states who participated in the survey indicated a nascent sense of identification as citizens of the region as well as their priorities for important aspects of regional integration. An update to the 2007 survey was carried out in 2014–15 among the same target population but with an expanded scope of twenty-two universities and institutes of higher learning across the ten member states. In the updated survey, we found that there are more ASEAN-positive attitudes region-wide, but there are also increases in ASEAN-ambivalent attitudes at country-level in some ASEAN members. Young people’s priorities for important aspects of regional integration have also shifted away from economic cooperation to tourism and development cooperation. New questions in the latest survey also allow us to demonstrate the descriptive vocabulary and cognitive maps students hold for the region and its nations. This book details the key findings of the updated survey compared to the earlier survey. These include nation-by-nation results and a summary of region-wide trends, as well as what they suggest for the prospects of ASEAN integration beyond 2015. These are assessed in a chapter providing broad recommendations for policymakers and educators in the ASEAN member states.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3 SUBJECTS AND METHODS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
4 FINDINGS ON ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, AND ORIENTATIONS TOWARD ASEAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
5 NATIONAL SUMMARIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6 DESCRIPTIONS OF ASEAN AND MEMBER COUNTRIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
7 COGNITIVE MAPS OF ASEAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Appendix A: ASEAN SURVEY 2014 RESEARCHERS AND ASSISTANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix B: ASEAN SURVEY 2014 survey questionnaire samples (list and map) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Appendix C: DEMOGRAPHICS OF RESPONDENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Appendix D: SALIENCE TABLES BASED ON LISTING ASEAN COUNTRIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Appendix E: ATTITUDES TOWARD ASPECTS OF INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Appendix F: cognitive maps AND tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
About the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283

Language: English
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
Pages
- Main content: 300

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Published: May 17, 2016
ISBN: 9789814695626