Description: 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 p...
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"A groundbreaking book in Philippine politics." --American Anthropologist
"A major study that deserves to be read by all those interested not only in the Philippines but in the rapidly changing world of the peasant." --Pacific Affairs "An important contribution to the flourishing field of peasant studies. . . . Highly recommended." --Choice Reviews "Addresses fundamental questions about how subordinated people understand the power relations in which they are enmeshed. . . . Kerkvliet brilliantly demonstrates that ideas about justice matter a great deal to those on the brink of survival." --American Political Science Review