ISBN:
9781317485254
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (493 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Thompson, Mark R Routledge Handbook of the Contemporary Philippines
DDC:
306.09599
Abstract:
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I: Domestic politics -- 1 Clientelism revisited -- 2 Patrons, bosses, dynasties, and reformers in local politics -- 3 The political party system -- 4 Combating corruption -- 5 The civil service: weaknesses and constructive informal practices -- 6 House of clans: political dynasties in the legislature -- 7 Pork transmogrified: the unending story of particularistic spending -- 8 Congress: separate but not equal -- 9 The presidency: a relational approach -- 10 The judiciary under threat -- 11 Civil-military relations: norming and departures -- PART II: Foreign relations -- 12 Foreign relations between the Philippines and the United States -- 13 From antagonistic to close neighbors? twenty-first century PhilippinesâChina relations -- 14 Towards strategic partnership: PhilippinesâJapan relations after seventy years -- 15 Diaspora diplomacy -- PART III: Economics and social policy -- 16 Bypassing industrial development -- 17 Capital flight -- 18 The changing configuration of capitalism -- 19 Economic nationalism and its legacy -- 20 Technocracy and class politics in policy-making -- 21 The allure of Pantawid Pamilya: the conditional cash transfer program -- 22 Informality and legality in women's livelihoods in Baguio City -- 23 Persistent poverty and elite-dominated policymaking -- 24 From pamilya to grasya: microfinance -- PART IV: Cultures and movements -- 25 A syncretic culture -- 26 Gender, nation, and Filipino Catholicism past and present -- 27 Between rights protection and development aggression: indigenous peoples -- 28 The resilience of the peasantry -- 29 The middle class in society and politics -- 30 NGOs in the post-M Marcos era
Abstract:
31 Crossovers double-crossed: NGOs, semi-clientelism and political reform -- 32 The left: struggling to make a comeback -- 33 Trade unions: "free" but weak -- 34 The women's movement: policy issues, influence and constraints -- 35 Bangsamoro secessionism -- 36 Moro insurgency and third party mediation -- 37 The problem with a national(ist) method -- Index
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