Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

In the name of civil society: from election movements to people power in the Philippines / Eva-Lotta E. Hedman

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2006Description: xiv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780824829216
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JQ 1416 .H43 2006
Contents:
1. In the name of civil society -- 2. Transformism, crises of authority, and the dominant bloc in the Philippines -- 3. Veterans of war and civic action : NAMFREL in the 1950s -- 4. Bishops, businessmen, and moral leadership : CNEA and OQC in the 1960s -- 5.Volunteers of the nation and the empire of civil society : NAMFREL in the 1980s -- 6. Mapping the movement : NAMFREL 1986 in six provincial cities and towns -- 7. Watching the watchers : the spectacle of civil society -- 8. From free elections movements to people power : civil society revisited.
Summary: Based on extensive research spanning the course of a decade (1991-2001), this study offers a powerful analysis of Philippine politics and society inspired by the writings of Antonio Gramsci. It draws on a rich collection of sources from archives, interviews, newspapers, and participant-observation. It identifies a cycle of recurring "crises of authority," involving mounting threats - from above and below - to oligarchical democracy in the Philippines. Tracing the trajectory or a Gramscian "dominant bloc" of social forces, Hedman shows how each such crisis in the Philippines promotes a countermobilization by the "intellectuals" of the dominant bloc: the capitalist class, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. government.
Item type: Books
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation Gen. Ed - CEAS GC JQ 1416 .H43 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000012090

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. In the name of civil society -- 2. Transformism, crises of authority, and the dominant bloc in the Philippines -- 3. Veterans of war and civic action : NAMFREL in the 1950s -- 4. Bishops, businessmen, and moral leadership : CNEA and OQC in the 1960s -- 5.Volunteers of the nation and the empire of civil society : NAMFREL in the 1980s -- 6. Mapping the movement : NAMFREL 1986 in six provincial cities and towns -- 7. Watching the watchers : the spectacle of civil society -- 8. From free elections movements to people power : civil society revisited.

Based on extensive research spanning the course of a decade (1991-2001), this study offers a powerful analysis of Philippine politics and society inspired by the writings of Antonio Gramsci. It draws on a rich collection of sources from archives, interviews, newspapers, and participant-observation. It identifies a cycle of recurring "crises of authority," involving mounting threats - from above and below - to oligarchical democracy in the Philippines. Tracing the trajectory or a Gramscian "dominant bloc" of social forces, Hedman shows how each such crisis in the Philippines promotes a countermobilization by the "intellectuals" of the dominant bloc: the capitalist class, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. government.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.