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Everyday politics in the Philippines : class and status relations in a Central Luzon village / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2013.Edition: Philippine editionDescription: xxiv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715506656
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JS7335 K45 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Capitalism and rebellion entwined -- Status and class -- Household views of class and status politics -- Class resistance -- Conflict among status groups -- Networks among people in different classes and statuses -- Everyday politics and contending values -- Postscript, 2002 -- Appendices: A. Methodology -- B. Supplementary tables -- C. Petition from eighty-four poor landless residents of San Ricardo.
Summary: "This probing study analyzes the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relations emphasized by many studies of Philippine politics are but a small part of political life, Kerkvliet offers a nuanced portrait of political relationships among villagers and the people beyond their village with whom they interact. Villagers' complex political thinking and outlooks figure prominently in their ongoing claims and counter-claims to land, jobs, and other resources crucial for their lives."--Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Print Books 2021
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Filipiniana Section Non-fiction F RUS JS7335 K45 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 76785 00076769

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Capitalism and rebellion entwined -- Status and class -- Household views of class and status politics -- Class resistance -- Conflict among status groups -- Networks among people in different classes and statuses -- Everyday politics and contending values -- Postscript, 2002 -- Appendices: A. Methodology -- B. Supplementary tables -- C. Petition from eighty-four poor landless residents of San Ricardo.

"This probing study analyzes the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relations emphasized by many studies of Philippine politics are but a small part of political life, Kerkvliet offers a nuanced portrait of political relationships among villagers and the people beyond their village with whom they interact. Villagers' complex political thinking and outlooks figure prominently in their ongoing claims and counter-claims to land, jobs, and other resources crucial for their lives."--Back cover.

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