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Neo-liberal Globalization in the Philippines

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  • Ligaya Lindio-McGovern

    (Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, PhD, is a Filipina Associate Professor of Sociology with Full Graduate Faculty Status at Indiana University. A former Director of Women's Studies at Indiana University-Kokomo, she is author of Filipino Peasant Women: Exploitation and Resistance (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997). She has also published journal articles and book chapters, spoken in national and international conferences, and conducted numerous research projects. Her current research is on Third World women and globalization, Philippine labor export and resistance. Address: Indiana University-Kokomo, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, PO Box 9003, 2300 S.Washington St., Kokomo, IN 46904, USA. [email: LMCGOVER@IUK.EDU; Ligayako29@aol.com])

Abstract

This article argues that neo-liberal globalization is not a neutral process. Using the Philippines as a case in point, it shows that neo-liberal policies have exacerbated poverty especially within already marginalized communities, and especially among women, while benefiting transnational capital and wealthier nations. Consequently, neo-liberal globalization has engendered conflict and resistance both on the home front and across national borders.The politics of GABRIELA, the militant women's movement organization in the Philippines, and Migrante International, a coalition of Filipino migrant organizations overseas, are examined. Both organizations challenge neo-liberal globalization in the Philippines.The nation-state is implicated in the implementation of neo-liberal policies and in the politics of resistance. In the former, the state plays an instrumentalist role; in the latter, the state is a target for transformation and is called upon to take the side of those who are harmed by globalization.

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  • Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, 2007. "Neo-liberal Globalization in the Philippines," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 23(1-2), pages 15-35, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:23:y:2007:i:1-2:p:15-35
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0602300202
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