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The Huk rebellion: A study of peasant revolt in the Philippines

Politics & Social Sciences

Kerkvliet, Benedict J.

Politics & Government

University of California Press

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.

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

Univ. Of California Pr.

The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines

Newly available with an updated bibliographic essay, this highly acclaimed work explores the Huk rebellion, a momentous peasant revolt in the Philippines. Unlike prevailing top-down analysis, Kerkvliet seeks to understand the movement from the point of view of its participants and sympathizers. He argues that seeing a peasant revolt through the eyes of those who rebelled explains and clarifies the actions of people who otherwise might appear irrational. Drawing on a rich array of documents and in-depth interviews with peasants and rebel leaders, the author provides definitive answers to the causes of the rebellion, the goals of the rebels, and the process of resistance.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

<p>Newly available with an updated bibliographic essay, this highly acclaimed work explores the Huk rebellion, a momentous peasant revolt in the Philippines. Unlike prevailing topdown analysis, Kerkvliet seeks to understand the movement from the point of view of its participants and sympathizers. He argues that seeing a peasant revolt through the eyes of those who rebelled explains and clarifies the actions of people who otherwise might appear irrational. Drawing on a rich array of documents and indepth interviews with peasants and rebel leaders, the author provides definitive answers to the causes of the rebellion, the goals of the rebels, and the process of resistance.</p>

This is like no other book on the "People Power," "EDSA Revolution" of February 1986. It emphasizes not Manila nor Aquino nor Marcos nor the military. Instead, it focuses on the unheralded people in twelve localities sprinkled from Mindanao to Ilocos. Each place is analyzed by a scholar who has invested considerable time, often stretching over several years, to know and understand political, economic, and social dynamics of the area. Hence, this book looks at the transition from Marcos to Aquino from the perspectives of people in specific parts of the country. This book tells twelve different stories of what people did and why during the tumultuous turn of events in 1985-1986 and in the years since Aquino has been president. It also draws out the different meanings of this change in government at the top for townspeople, villagers, local elites, and workers at the local level. The image emerging from this book is that of a diverse society composed of political actors for whom issues and even ideals often do matter; and in those areas where political monopolies prevail, command and coercion often keeps them together rather than bening alliances built on negotiation and reciprocity. Finally, like the Marcos government, Aquino's also rests on the tenuous ground of local experiences, predispostions, and values. Its rise to power owes more to the favorable convergence of populist sentiments than the clear force of a single, organized political will anchored to a clear program. And the changes it has brought are much more modest than is suggested by the claim of "a transition from authoritarianism to democracy."

From Marcos to Aquino: Local Perspectives on Political Transition in the Philippines

Univ of Hawaii Pr

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The Huk rebellion: A study of peasant revolt in the Philippines

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

The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines

The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines

From Marcos to Aquino: Local Perspectives on Political Transition in the Philippines