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/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...
Kasarinlan/v32/en00
Kasarinlan > Volume 32 > TWSC at Forty: Multidisciplinary Research and the Challenges to the CenterTWSC at Forty: Multidisciplinary Research and the Challenges to the CenterRicardo T. JosePublished 2017On 5 February 1977, Professor Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo,...
Kasarinlan/30/en01
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 > The 2015 TWSC Writeshop Keynote AddressReality and Filipino ScholarshipF. Sionil JoseMy most important bonafide in addressing you is my age: I am ninety and much older than all of you. This age has endowed me with so much hindsight. As...
Kasarinlan/30/en00
Kasarinlan > Volume 30 > The 2015 Third World Studies Center WriteshopThe 2015 Third World Studies Center WriteshopRICARDO T. JOSEOn 8-10 June 2015, we conducted the annual Third World Studies Center (TWSC) Writeshop. The writeshop aims to help young faculty...
Kasarinlan/v30/a01
Kasarinlan > Volume 34 > Developing a Method for Recording Drug-Related Killings Developing a Method for Recording Drug-Related Killings Dianna Limpin and Ruth Siringan Submitted x January xxx · Accepted x February xxxx · Published x June 2019 ABSTRACT...