Beating the odds : the life, the times, and the politics of Diosdado P. Macapagal /
Serrano, Cecilia Pestaño.
Beating the odds : the life, the times, and the politics of Diosdado P. Macapagal / Cecilia P. Serrano. - Quezon City : New Day Publishers, c2005. - xv, 162 p. : ill. 23 cm.
As a preliminary work leading towards a comparative biographical, political and economic analysis of the Diosdado and Gloria Macapagal administrations, Serrano's book provides glimpses into the man as well as the problems he and his government faced and political processes they experienced. Interestingly, one can weave from Serrano's account a tapestry of personal and institutional strings, weaknesses and contradictory tendencies that would make Filipino readers more curious about the older Macapagal and his times.
9711011131
Philippines
Presidents--Philippines
DS 686.6.M24 / .Se68 2005
Beating the odds : the life, the times, and the politics of Diosdado P. Macapagal / Cecilia P. Serrano. - Quezon City : New Day Publishers, c2005. - xv, 162 p. : ill. 23 cm.
As a preliminary work leading towards a comparative biographical, political and economic analysis of the Diosdado and Gloria Macapagal administrations, Serrano's book provides glimpses into the man as well as the problems he and his government faced and political processes they experienced. Interestingly, one can weave from Serrano's account a tapestry of personal and institutional strings, weaknesses and contradictory tendencies that would make Filipino readers more curious about the older Macapagal and his times.
9711011131
Philippines
Presidents--Philippines
DS 686.6.M24 / .Se68 2005
