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100			_aRoces, Mina, _d-1959 _940326
245		0	_aKinship politics in postwar Philippines : _bthe Lopez family, 1946-2000 / _cMina Roces.
260			_aManila : _bDe La Salle University Press, _cc2001.
300			_aix, _b330 pages _c23 cm.
500			_aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Michigan, 1990
520			_a that is, utilizing political power in order to build a family empire, which western values inculcated throughout colonial rule compelled others to castigate these families for behavior against the national interest. The book examines three era: the republic period--1945-1972, the martial law period, 1972-1986, and the Aquino period, 1986-1989. The Marcos years (1972-1986) were the classic example of kinship, politics in its purest form as one family alliance only--the Marcos family controlled the state and owned most of the country's major corporations. Empirical evidence to support this hypothesis was provided through a case study as one of the most prominent families in postwar Philippines---the Lopez family.
520			_aDissects a conflict in Filipino values which emphasized on family solidarity and loyalty to the family above all else. Contends that such an unresolved tension between both sets of values explained the recurring cycles in Philippines postwar history wherein each political administration was voted out of office because of charges of graft and corruption, only to be replaced by a regime riddled with equal culpability. Filipino family values motivated elite families to behave according to the precepts of kinship, politics
650			_aKinship _2sears _939523
650			_aLopez family _2sears _941697
650			_aPhilippines _2sears
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