Publications
The TWSC has a long tradition of research on critical political economy, development issues, democratization, and governance. Research is focused on the search for progressive discourses and alternative paradigms. Guided by the principles of participatory research, the main objectives of the Center’s researches are to develop Third World perspectives on various issues and to translate knowledge generated in order to promote actions for change or to improve existing local actions. Central to this process of knowledge transformation is the role of social movements and civil society, which the Center works closely with.
Journals
Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies
Kasarinlan is an internationally refereed journal published twice a year by the Third World Studies Center, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman. It provides a forum for critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on the Philippines and the Third World with special reference to political economy.
Books
Kasarinlan/v30/r02
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 (1) > Taming People's Power: The EDSA Revolutions and Their ContradictionsPublic Access ICT across Cultures: Diversifying Participation in the Network Society by Francisco J. Proenza, ed. Maria Celine Anastasia P. SocratesABSTRACTBook...
Kasarinlan/v30/r01
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 (1) > Public Access ICT across Cultures: Diversifying Participation in the Network SocietyPublic Access ICT across Cultures:Diversifying Participation in the Network Society by Francisco J. Proenza, ed.Cheryll SorianoABSTRACTBook review of...
Kasarinlan/v30/a03
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 (1) > The Contested Development of a Philippine Tourism Landscape: The Case of Nasugbu, BatangasThe Contested Development of a Philippine Tourism Landscape: The Case of Nasugbu, BatangasHazel M. DizonABSTRACT A strong reliance on tourism...
Kasarinlan/v30/a02
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 (1) > The Asia-Pacific War in the Davao Settler Zone, December 1941The Asia-Pacific War in the Davao Settler Zone, December 1941Maria Cynthia B. BarrigaABSTRACT As a Filipino-Japanese settler zone before and during the Asia-Pacific War,...
Kasarinlan/v32/r02
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor by Wataru KusakaHansley A. JulianoPublished 2017 ABSTRACT Book review by Wataru...
Kasarinlan/v32/r01
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State by Vanina Bouté and Vatthana Pholsena, eds. Matthew Santamaria Published...
Kasarinlan/v32/p02
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Third World Studies Center Fortieth Anniversary: Directors’ Forum Tribute to Dodong Nemenzo, TWSC FounderEmerlinda R. Roman, Leslie E. Bauzon, Consuelo J. Paz, Maria Serena I. Diokno,Randolf S. David, Ricardo T. Jose, and Francisco...
Kasarinlan/v32/p01
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Third World Studies Center Fortieth Anniversary: Directors’ ForumThird World Studies Center Fortieth Anniversary: Directors’ ForumRandolf S. David, Maria Serena I. Diokno, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Maria Ela L....
Kasarinlan/v32/a04
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Conflict Calamities: Natural Disasters and the CPP-NPAConflict Calamities: Natural Disasters and the CPP-NPAJoshua EastinPublished 2017 ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of natural disaster inundation on the internal armed...
Kasarinlan/v32/a03
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Shortcomings of an Idealized Urbanity: Ghost Urban Areas and the Asynchronous Territorial Development of HanoiShortcomings of an Idealized Urbanity: Ghost Urban Areas and the Asynchronous Territorial Development of HanoiOlivier Jacques,...
Kasarinlan/v32/a02
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > The Orient Express and Late DevelopmentThe Orient Express and Late DevelopmentJohannes Dragsbaek Schmidt and Jacques HershPublished 2017 ABSTRACT The demise of the Soviet Union, which was celebrated in the Anglosphere as the triumph of...
Kasarinlan/v32/a01
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > Global Populism: A Lineage of Filipino Strongmen from Quezon to Marcos and DuterteGlobal Populism: A Lineage of Filipino Strongmen from Quezon to Marcos and DuterteAlfred W. McCoyPublished 2017ABSTRACT The rising global phenomenon of...