Everyday Politics in the Philippines: Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village - Couverture rigide

Kerkvliet, Benedict J. Tria

 
9780742518698: Everyday Politics in the Philippines: Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village
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ISBN 10 : 0742518698 ISBN 13 : 9780742518698
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2002

Synopsis

This rich study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relationships emphasized by conventional studies are but one part of Philippine political life, Kerkvliet offers a nuanced and fascinating portrait of political relationships among villagers. The world he portrays is complex and multifaceted: in a period of flux, relations of status and class shift as traditional roles give way to new social identities. The author demonstrates how disputes over land or controversies around wages lie at the heart of political life regardless of whether they manifest themselves in the usual political arenas.

Kerkvliet shows how everyday politics illuminates contending beliefs about what is just and who has rights to particular resources. Furthermore, relationships between people in different class and status positions are far less harmonious than they might appear on the surface. Embedded in this contentious interaction are divergent ideas about how resources should be distributed—the privileged emphasize values supported by capitalism, while the poor press rights to the satisfaction of basic needs and to human dignity.

A comprehensive and masterful classic, Everyday Politics in the Philippines revises our notions of political life in the developing world. Now available again with a new preface, postscript, and updated bibliography, this updated edition will be welcomed by a broad range of social scientists.

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À propos de l?auteur

Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet is head of the Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.

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Éditeur
Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0742518698
ISBN 13 
9780742518698
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
364
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780742518704: Everyday Politics in the Philippines: Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0742518701 ISBN 13 :  9780742518704
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002
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