Research and realities : politics in the third world / Maria Lourdes G. Rebullida, editor. - Diliman Quezon City, Philippines : University of the Philippines Press, c2020 - x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"The Third world perspectives on politics series draws together scholarly articles from Kasarinlan: Philippine journal of third world studies ..." --Page preceding title page.

1. Foreword -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Third world: A definition -- 4. Exotic Love at your Fingertips : Intermarriage websites, Gender representation and the Transnational Migration of Filipino and Thai Women -- 5. Politics and the Media in Malaysia -- 6. Three Years of the Indigenous Peoples communities -- 7. Analyzing NGO Discourses: Probing the Institutional History of the Philippine Peasant Institute -- 8. The Philippine Armed forces: Protector or Oppressor? A Historical Overview -- 9. Globalization, Migration and Class struggles: NGO Mobilization for Filipino Domestic Workers -- 10. An Analysis of the Seventeenth General Elections in South Korea -- 11. The true Results of the 2004 Philippines Presidential Elections Based on the NAMFREL Tally.

This book provides a Third World perspective on political topics, which more often than not are discussed from a Western or First World perspective. This is apparent from the major textbooks used in political science courses, with the exception of of textbooks on Philippine politics and government.

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