Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines
, by Ariate Jr, Joel F.; D. Cabilo, Zuraida Mae; Encarnacion Tadem, Teresa S.; S. Lopez Wui, Ma Glenda; Mkandawire, Thandika; Molmisa, Ronald C.; Quinsaat, Sharon M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780739133071 | 0739133071
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/16/2009
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 corrupation, 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 anticorruption effort, and the Philippine Fair Trade Forum's enterprise on fair trade.