Organizing for Democracy : : NGOs, Civil Society, and the Philippine State / / ed. by G. Sidney Silliman, Lela Garner Noble.

The number, variety, and political prominence of non-governmental organization in the Philippines present a unique opportunity to study citizen activism. Nearly 60,000 in number by some estimates, grassroots and support organizations promote the interests of farmers, the urban poor, women, and indig...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
List of Acronyms --
Map --
Part I NGOs in Context --
1 Introduction --
2 From the Present Looking Back --
3 The Transnational Relations of Philippine Non-Governmental Organizations --
Part II NGOs Confront the Issues --
4 Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty --
5 Philippine NGOs Confront Urban Poverty --
6 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples --
7 Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations in the Philippines --
8 Environmental Activism --
Part III NGOs and the State --
9 Local Governance --
10 The Growth of a Public Interest Law Movement --
11 Citizen Movements and Philippine Democracy --
Contributors --
Index
Summary:The number, variety, and political prominence of non-governmental organization in the Philippines present a unique opportunity to study citizen activism. Nearly 60,000 in number by some estimates, grassroots and support organizations promote the interests of farmers, the urban poor, women, and indigenous peoples. They provide an avenue for political participation and a mechanism, unequaled elsewhere in Southeast Asia, for redressing the inequities of society. Organizing for Democracy brings together the most recent research on these organizations and their programs in the first book addressing the political significance of NGOs in the Philippines.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780824844592
9783110564150
DOI:10.1515/9780824844592
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by G. Sidney Silliman, Lela Garner Noble.