People's initiatives : engaging the state local communities in the Philippines and Thailand / Ma. Glenda Lopez-Wui, Chantana Banpasirichote, editors. - Quezon City : Third World Studies, University of the Philippines, c2003. - ix, 273 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm.

Published jointly by the Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

Civil society amidst democratization and decentralization ; a synoptic paper on case studies on civil society and state relations in the Philippines and Thailand / Danilo Songco -- Involving the private business sector in local development planning, the case of private business organizations (PBOs) in Negros Occidental / Jorge V. Tigno -- The crusade for good government, a study of the relationship of the concerned citizens of Abra for good government (CCAGG) with the local government / Ma. Glenda Lopez-Wui -- State-civil society relations in agrarian reform, the case of the Mapalad farmers in Sumilao, Bukidnon, Philippines / Juanito G. Berja, Jr. -- State-civil society relations in local communities in Thailand, a case study of Kanchanaburi / Choltis Tangcharoen -- Relationship between civil society and government, traditional fishers in Koyao District, Phangnga Province, Southern Thailand / Prapas Pintobtaeng -- Local state-civil society relations, case study of Child Watch Phuket / Ausanee Sirisuntornpaiboon -- Child Watch Phuket / Chantana Banpasirichote.

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Civil society--Case studies.--Philippines
Civil society--Case studies.--Thailand
State-local relations--Philippines.
State-local relations--Thailand.