Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics

Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A country facing serious economic challenges, the Philippines is also a democratic polity with a vibrant civil society sector. This collection is the first of its kind to focus on five global civil society movements in the Philippines-Freedom from Debt Coalition, Stop-the-New-Round Coalition, Tobin tax advocacy, Transparency and Accountability Network, and the Philippine Fair Trade Forum-and their responses to the inequities of neoliberal globalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780739133071
• ISBN-10: 0739133071
• Artikelnr.: 26553259

Autorenporträt

Contributions by Joel F. Ariate Jr; Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo; Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem; Ma Glenda S. Lopez Wui; Thandika Mkandawire; Ronald C. Molmisa and Sharon M. Quinsaat

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction: Examining
Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines Chapter 4 Chapter 1. More
Than Debt Relief: Two Decades of the Freedom from Debt Coalition Chapter 5
Global Issues, Local Target: The Campaign against a New WTO Round in the
Philippines Chapter 6 A Movement Whose Time Has Not Come: Philippine Social
Movements and the Tobin Tax Agenda Chapter 7 From North to South:
Campaigning for Fair Trade in the Philippines Chapter 8 Campaigning Against
Corruption: The Case of the Transparency and Accountability Network Chapter
9 Localizing and Globalizing Advocacies and Alternatives: A Comparative
Analysis of Five Global Civil Society Movements (A Synthesis) Chapter 10
Conclusion: Realities and Challenges for Philippine Global Civil Society
Movements