In the name of civil society

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

שנה

2006

שפה

English

סדרה

Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, and memory

הוצאה

University of Hawaii Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

268

ISBN

9780824829216

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