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

Autorenporträt

Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem is professor of political science and director of the Third World Studies Center at the University of the Philippines.

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