@article{909490,
      author = {Clarke, Gerard,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/909490},
      title = {Civil society in the Philippines theoretical,  methodological and policy debates / [electronic resource]  :},
      publisher = {Routledge,},
      abstract = {"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.},
      recid = {909490},
      pages = {xxiv, 257 p. :},
      address = {Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;},
      year = {2013},
}