Elections and Democratization in the PhilippinesFirst published in 2001. This study shows how legitimate elections held under centralized authoritarian conditions before 1986, though not democratic, still contributed to democratization by creating the political space needed for democratic oppostion to arise. |
Contents
Elections and Democratization in the Philippines | 1 |
The Colonial Era and its Political Legacies 15651945 | 33 |
The Postwar Clientelist Electoral Regime 19451972 | 71 |
The Institutionalization of Centralized | 103 |
Elections and Democratization in the Marcos Era | 139 |
Local Struggles and National Regime Transition | 201 |
Conclusion | 285 |
| 303 | |
Interviews | 319 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1987 elections According activists alliance Andolana Aquino Arakan Arakan Valley areas authoritarian authoritarian elites barangay BAYAN Bicol boycott campaign candidates Central Luzon church coalition colonial communities competition democracy democratic opposition Diocese Diokno early economic efforts elec Escandor February Filipino forces former grassroots hand notes human rights Ibid initiative institutional interview by author Irosin Jose Jose Diokno Kidapawan LABAN land reform leaders leadership less-than-democratic elections LIKAS M'lang Makilala Manila Marcos regime Marcos's martial law military Mindanao movement municipal Nacionalista Party national democratic national electoral national level national peasant national political national regime North Cotabato Nueva Ecija officials participation party PDP-LABAN peasant organizations PECCO political process president priests protest province Putzel Quezon City regime transition regional authoritarian regional elite repression Rocamora rural SAMASOR Sandigan second district September 1992 social action Sorsogon strategy tape recording tion Tulunan urban vote Wurfel