Organizing for Democracy : : NGOs, Civil Society, and the Philippine State /

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
MitwirkendeR:
Carroll, John J.,
Clarke, Gerard,
Constantino-David, Karina,
George, Terrence R.,
Golub, Stephen,
Noble, Lela Garner,
Putzel, James,
Rood, Steven,
Silliman, G. Sidney,
HerausgeberIn:
Noble, Lela Garner,
Silliman, G. Sidney,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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