Practicing "Enlightened Capitalism" "Fil-Am" heroes, NGO activism, and the reconstitution of class difference in the Philippines

Practicing "Enlightened Capitalism" "Fil-Am" heroes, NGO activism, and the reconstitution of class difference in the Philippines

Drawing on original ethnographic research, this article focuses on the ways in which the Philippines-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Gawad Kalinga (GK) encourages diasporic Filipino volunteerism by reworking the nationalist discourse of heroism and deploying idioms of love and care. It exam...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 62, No. 2 (June 2014), p. 175-204.
Main Author: Kares, Faith R. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 2014.
Subjects:
Gawad Kalinga.
Nongovernmental organizations.
Volunteer service.
Filipino Americans.
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