DISCLOSURE:
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, Amazon and Alibris.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
ISBN10: 1138492337, ISBN13: 9781138492332, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2018-01-22, London] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 1138492337, ISBN13: 9781138492332, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2018-01-22, London] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
Paperback / softback. New. 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 ...
ISBN10: 1138492337, ISBN13: 9781138492332, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
London Routledge 2018 Paperback New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series . Includes: illustrations, black & white, line drawings, black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
ISBN10: 1138492337, ISBN13: 9781138492332, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. 0.93 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]
DISCLOSURE:
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, Amazon and Alibris.
