Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies, Post-colonial Trajectories

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Psychology Press, 2000 - Business & Economics - 206 pages
The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating country, throughout the last century. Appealing to both the academic and non academic reader, topics covered include:
national level electoral politics
economic growth
the Philippine Chinese
law and order
opposition
the Left
local and ethnic politics
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Trasformismo and Philippine democracy
13
Morbid symptoms and political violence in
36
Forget it Jake its Chinatown
65
The Last Hurrah revisited
88
images of a city fragments of a century
118
the making of
140
the Philippines in Southeast
166
Bibliography
183
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