TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kasuya, Yuko,
AU  - Quimpo, Nathan Gilbert.
TI  - The politics of change in the Philippines
SN  - 9789712723773
AV  - DS 686.614 .P759 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Manila
PB  - Anvil
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Political culture
N2  -  activist technocrats;  and national-local dynamics. Among the distinctive concepts and topics discussed are : patronage-based state formation;  and social order making;  classes and political change;  command and market votes;  cycles of populism, clientelism and reformism, predatory regime;  democratic consolidation;  elections and electoral reform;  mass media, information technology and reform;  middle class civil society;  reform constituency;  reform efforts of civil society and state actors;  the reform of other political institutions; The Politics of Change in the Philippines        Changelessness or the recurrence of old patterns appears to be a common theme in studies of Philippine politics since the fall of the Marcos dictatorship in 1986. Many political scientists have characterized the country's post-Marcos politics as merely being a return to the "elite" or" oligarchic" democracy of the pre-authoritarian era, all highlighting the continuing hold on economic and political power by an oligarchic elite. Has nothing really changed in Philipine politics? Are there realistic prospects for substantive political and social change in the years ahead? This book puts together articles that explore these questions from a multiplicity of angles, including the nature of political regime
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