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Beating the odds : the life, the times, and the politics of Diosdado P. Macapagal / Cecilia P. Serrano.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City : New Day Publishers, c2005.Description: xv, 162 p. : ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9711011131
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 686.6.M24  .Se68 2005
Summary: 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.
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Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana DS 686.6.M24 .Se68 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA2012000808

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.

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