The peasant movement and the challenge of rural democratisation in the Philippines

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Analysis of peasant movement efforts to build representative political institutions demonstrates that the major impetus for rural democratisation has come from civil society rather than the state. The authoritarian political and economic institutions which have historically dominated the countryside remain entrenched in the Philippines, preventing the state from responding to increasingly well‐organised and broad‐based peasant demands, most notably for land reform. The peasant movement has responded to the post‐Marcos ‘blocked transition’ with a range of alliance‐building efforts both inside and outside the formal political system.

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