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Philippine Politics: Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 58: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia

White III, Lynn

 
9781138828049: Philippine Politics: Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138828041 ISBN 13: 9781138828049
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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 localize the state and create strong local policies. These conflicts 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 institutionalized 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.

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About the Author

Lynn T. White III is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School, Politics Department, and East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138828041
ISBN 13 
9781138828049
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280