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Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics
Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines
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2009
Summary
The Philippines makes an interesting case for examining direct and collective acts of contention against the neoliberal project of economic globalization. Crippled by foreign debt, indiscriminate liberalization of trade, falling stock markets, and perpetual corruption, the Philippines is also a democratic polity and one of the few countries in Asia with a vibrant and dynamic civil society sector. This collection has chapters on the Freedom from Debt Coalition's campaign on debt relief, the Stop-the-New-Round Coalition's advocacy to change international trade rules and barriers, the global taxation initiative as embodied in Tobin tax advocacy in the country, the Transparency and Accountability Network's anti-corruption effort, and the Philippine Fair Trade Forum's enterprise on fair trade. Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics is the first work of its kind to focus on five global civil society movements in the Philippines and their responses to the inequities of neoliberal globalization. Northern scholars have acknowledged the persistent absence of the South in research on activism around global issues, and this book can help fill this gap. Using political process theory as a framework, the book traces the emergence, development and diffusion of these social movements in the Philippines. Globalization is taken as the environment in which they operate to highlight the role of increased interdependence and internationalization, and the predominance of a particular ideology in the dynamics of contention.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3306-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3308-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
295
Product type
Edited Book
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List of Frequently Used Abbreviations No access
Foreword Thandika Mkandawire No access
Preface Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem No access
1 Introduction: Examining Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem No access Pages 1 - 24
2 More Than Debt Relief: Two Decades of the Freedom from Debt Coalition Joel F. Ariate Jr. and Ronald C. Molmisa No access Pages 25 - 60
3 Global Issues, Local Target: The Campaign againsta New WTO Round in the Philippines Sharon M. Quinsaat No access Pages 61 - 106
4 A Movement Whose Time Has Not Come: Philippine Social Movements and the Tobin Tax Agenda Ronald C. Molmisa No access Pages 107 - 136
5 From North to South: Campaigning for Fair Trade in the Philippines Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo No access Pages 137 - 180
6 Campaigning against Corruption: The Case of the Transparency and Accountability Network Ma. Glenda S. Lopez Wui No access Pages 181 - 218
7 Localizing and Globalizing Advocacies and Alternatives: A Comparative Analysis of Five Global Civil Society Movements (A Synthesis) Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem No access Pages 219 - 258
8 Conclusion: Realities and Challenges for Philippine Global Civil Society Movements Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem No access Pages 259 - 278
