Table of Contents

Foreword Map of the Philippines Preface 1 Non-governmental organisations and politics in the developing world 2 Non-governmental organisations and politics in South-East Asia 3 Non-governmental organisations and politics in the Philippines: from Spanish rule to the fall of Marcos 4 Non-governmental organisations and the Philippine state, 1986–1996 5 Beyond the state: the organisation of the NGO community 6 Arenas of intervention 7 The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement 8 Task Force Detainees of the Philippines 8 Task Force Detainees of the Philippines9 Conclusion

About the Author

Gerard Clarke is lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea.