Civil society in the Philippines
Subtitle: theoretical, methodological and policy debates
By: Gerard Clarke
Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia -- 11; Rethinking Southeast Asia -- 11.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780415572729; 9780203085127
Subjects: Social conditions; Social justice; Civil society; Economic development; Power (Social sciences)
Description: "Using the case study of the Philippines, this book provides a path-breaking account of civil society. Critically engaging with theoretical, methodological and policy debates on the analysis of civil society in the development studies, political science and sociology literature, it offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, empirically-based, and national-level portrait of civil society. In challenging the widespread belief that civil society is an institutional arena in which the poor and marginalized can challenge and reverse their social, economic and political disempowerment, the book argues that civil society is characterised by structural inequalities that echo spatial and income inequalities. It thus compounds poverty and primarily empowers urban-based professionals and their families. Focusing on the Philippines, a country renowned for a vibrant civil society which first emerged under American colonial rule (1898-1946) and which re-emerged from 1986 after 14 years of authoritarian rule, the book traces the reasons for this extensive civil society and it's [sic] political, economic and social implications, and draws comparison to other developing countries"--Supplied by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Civil society, democracy and (in)equality; title: Civil society and the challenge of statistical capture; title: The shaping of Philippine civil society in legislation and government policy; title: The statistical contours of Philippine civil society; title: The social origins of Philippine civil society, 1571-1946; title: The social consolidation of Philippine civil society, 1946-2010.