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040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
050			_aHT 421
100			_aSoon, Chuan Yean, _eauthor
245			_aTulong : _ban articulation of politics in the Christian Philippines / _cChuan Yean Soon.
260			_aManila : _bUniversity of Santo Tomas Publishing House, _c2015.
300			_axvii, 275 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aDeriving from an ethnographic research in a mundane barangay (village) of the Philippines, this book revisits patron-client relations and the politics adhered that is rampant in the rural area of the country. It decodes the cultural meanings of patron-client ties and the nuances of the social practices of tulong (help) by paying attention to the cultural specificity of the barangay livelihood, religious practices and interpretation, emotions, and social and moral values inscribed in the villagers' everyday experiences. The contribution of this study is to collage different disciplines and to problematize the way in which rural politics is viewed through patron-client approach, to locate the socio-religious practices of tulong and to (re) articulate the desires and visions of the rural folks. Through the lens of the peasantry and the way they exercise patron-client ties in the rural area, we can observe political ideas and ideals that are religiously oriented in construing politics from the bottom up.
650			_aSociology, Rural -- Philippines
650			_aChristianity and politics.
650			_aReligion and politics.
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999			_c2010 _d2010