Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial TrajectoriesEva-Lotta Hedman, John Sidel 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
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Trasformismo and Philippine democracy | 13 |
3 Morbid symptoms and political violence in the Philippines | 36 |
4 Forget it Jake its Chinatown | 65 |
5 The Last Hurrah revisited | 88 |
6 Malling Manila | 118 |
7 From Pugad Lawin to Pugad Baboy | 140 |
8 The Sulu zone revisited | 166 |
Bibliography | 183 |
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