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Philippine Politics: Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy - Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series White III, Lynn (Princeton University, USA) 1st edition
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Philippine Politics: Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy - Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
White III, Lynn (Princeton University, USA)
Philippine political history, especially in the twentieth century, challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that reveal inadequately explored aspects of many democracies. In the first decades of the twenty-first century the Philippines has nonetheless shown gradual socioeconomic "progress".
This book provides an interpretive overview of Philippine politics, and takes full account of the importance of patriotic Philippine factors in making decisions about future political policies. It analyses whether regional and local politics have more importance than national politics in the Philippines. Discussing cultural traditions of patronism, it also examines how clan feuds localise the state and create strong local policies, and in turn make regional and family-run polities collectively stronger than the central state institution. The book goes on to explore elections in the Philippines, and in particular the ways in which politicians win democratic elections, the institutionalised role of public money in this process, and the role that media plays. Offering a new interpretive overview of Philippine progress over many decades, the author notes recent economic and political changes during the current century while also trying to advance ideas that might prove useful to Filipinos.
Presenting an in-depth analysis of the problems and possibilities of politics and society in the Philippines, the book will be of interest to those researching Southeast Asian Politics, Political History and Asian Society and Culture.
280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 17, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138828049 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 164 × 21 mm · 562 g |
| Language | English |
