TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kusaka,Wataru,author
TI  - Moral politics in the Philippines: inequality, democracy and the urban poor
T2  - Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies ; 18
SN  - 9789814722384
AV  -  DS 686.614  .K968 2017  
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Singapore : NUS Press ; Kyoto, Japan
PB  -  in association with Kyoto University Press, 
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Philippines
KW  - sears
KW  - Urban poor
KW  - Political activity
KW  -  Philippines
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1986-
N1  - 	Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-331) an index
N2  - Moral Politics in the Philippines offers an in-depth examination of the political participation and discourse of the urban poor in Manila. After the ousting of Ferdinando Marcos in 1986, society in the Philippines fractured along socioeconomic lines. The educated middle class began to recognize themselves as moral citizens and political participants while condemning the poor as immoral ?masses? who earn money illegally and support corrupt leaders. Conversely, the poor believe themselves to be morally upright and criticize the rich as arrogant oppressors. Wataru Kusaka looks at the dangers of this moralization of politics during the last several decades, and he analyzes the damaging effects it has had on democracy by excluding much of society and marginalizing the interests of those most in need of resources
ER  -