Regional Public Opinion Towards the Formation of Political Security Community in Southeast Asia

Perceived Elitist and State-Centric Regional Integration Process: Impact on Public Opinions for the Formation of ASEAN Community

“…The conception of "community" in ASEAN is so elitist as it lacks one of the fundamental components of success in the European Community: the involvement of the general public (Abdullah and Benny, 2013;Moorthy and Benny, 2012a, 2012bBenny and Abdullah, 2011;Benny, Abdullah and Din, 2010;Benny, Rashila and Tham, 2014).…”

“…Studies on ASEAN are numerous, yet they were conducted using the elite decision making approach for assessing the establishment processes or the social, political, and economic challenges of ASEAN (Acharya 2003;Guerrero 2008;Hew 2007) as well as the readiness of the business sector for ASEAN Community (Abidin, Loh and Aziz 2012;Mugijayani and Kartika 2012). Studies involving public opinion in ASEAN are quite rare -only a few studies so far exist conducted by Benny, Rashila and Tham (2014); Abdullah and Benny (2013), Abdullah, Benny and Din (2010), Benny and Abdullah (2011), Moorthy and Benny (2012a, 2012b; and Thompson and Thianthai (2008).…”

Economic versus Political Liberalisation in ASEAN: Public Opinion among University Students in Four Member Countries

“…Critics however remain sceptical on ASEAN political and economic integration (Abdullah and Benny 2013). On political integration, some wellknown scholars- Acharya (2003), Caballero-Anthony (2008), andChavez (2007)-argue that the development and process of ASEAN Community appeared to be elitist and state-centric.…”

“…The Blueprint is essentially a master plan formulated for guiding the achievement of an APSC and AEC by 2015. There is moderate progress on the economic integration and political cooperation among ASEAN members approaching the declaration of ASEAN Community establishment in 2015 (Abdullah and Benny 2013).…”

Impact of Nationalist Sentiments and Commitment for Prioritising the ASEAN Economic Community: Empirical Analysis from Survey in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

“…Studies on ASEAN are numerous, yet they were conducted using the elite decision making approach for assessing the establishment processes or the social, political, and economic challenges of ASEAN (Acharya 2003;Guerrero 2008;Hew 2007;) as well as the readiness of the business sector for AEC (Abidin, Loh and Aziz 2012;Mugijayani and Kartika 2012). Studies involving public opinion in ASEAN are quite rare -only a few studies so far exist conducted by Benny, Rashila and Tham (2014); Abdullah and Benny (2013), Abdullah, Benny and Din (2010), Benny and Abdullah (2011), Moorthy and Benny (2012a, 2012b; and Thompson and Thianthai (2008), but none of those studies discusses about the role of nationalist sentiments in influencing public commitment for the AEC.…”