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In: Lehr- und Handbücher der Politikwissenschaft
World Affairs Online
In: Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean
There is already a substantial literature on contentious politics. Still, the pertinence as well as the fluidity of such a phenomenon continues to merit deeper study as it gives birth to various dimensions of interest. The four articles in this issue offer differing vantage points in studying contentious politics as it is played out in the process of democratizing local and global politics. Social movement actors have emerged as key players in confronting political institutions and in articulating the advocacies of the marginalized. However, they are not always on the side of angels. Ben Reid's "Development NGOs, Semiclientelism and the State in the Philippines: From 'Crossover' to Double-crossed" is a critique of how civil-society players in the Philippines have mirrored the clan-based politics and semi-clientelism that characterize society in general. This he elucidates as he discusses how non-governmental and people's organizations have attempted to "crossover" to state positions in their attempt to initiate social and economic reforms. A more positive note on the role of civil society in the democratization process at the local and global levels is found in my contribution to this issue, "Linking Local and Global Social Movements and the anti-ADB Campaigns: From Chiang Mai to Samut Prakarn." The article examines the factors that helped facilitate the linking of local and transnational social movements in the anti-Asian Development Bank (ADB) campaigns in the region. I point to the gains that they have attained in pressuring the ADB to look into their allegations concerning the ADB's Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project in Thailand. They argued that this particular project has fallen short in meeting the good governance criteria, which has been set forth by the ADB as a result of decades of advocacy from social movements. These concern the issues of transparency and accountability and sustainability. The experience has shown that global civil society movements do play an important role in supplementing ...
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