The Curious Cases of Philippine Civil Society and Decentralization 149 2. The Civil Society Map (Figure 3.b.), again an output of brainstorming, already captures the divergence in Philippine civil society and how some groups are linked with each other. Like the social forces map, however, it would help to redraw the map based on the general orientation of each group, whether they are predominantly social/intermediary organizations versus those that are oriented towards political reforms. It would also be a worthwhile endeavor to plot out the interaction among these groups, as well as other social forces, on a specific reform or “democratization” issue (e.g., constitutional change, the ban on political dynasties). Issues and interventions The vibrancy of civil society is also shown by the issues and interventions they focused on and implemented across the last 25 years. Going through the volumes of reports and assessment (Diokno 1997) (Clarke 1998) (Wui and Lopez 1997) (Coronel 1997) (Yu-Jose 2011) of the issues and interventions that civil society groups have attended to, one cannot help but be overwhelmed by the expanse of the issues and the many attempts at getting a redistributive reform policy formulated or seriously implemented; in stopping what is believed to be development aggression;4 or in countering what are arguably indicators of a slide towards overt repression or the abuse of power. The loci of intervention have also been expansive beginning with the: o communities/sectors, where much organizing and development efforts have been directed; o the streets, through mass mobilizations or protests; o in government institutions, through formal and informal representations with the Executive or Legislature, and the Courts; o through media, to convey their views on raging public issues and expand the knowledge of the citizenry about key political and economic issues and generate an opinion and subsequent action that are supportive of civil society positions; o through “cyberspace,” in various social networking sites, websites, blogs; that serve as alternative medium for information dissemination as well as mobilization, and finally, o in the foreign arena, networking with inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), mutilateral institutions, international nongovernmental organizations, and foreign donor agencies, to solicit material and non-material support for their programs and advocacies.