Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century

Taylor & Francis

The only book length study to cover the Philippines after downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating country, throughout the last century. > 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 politicseconomic growththe Philippine Chineselaw and orderoppositionthe Leftlocal and ethnic politics. > Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Trasformismo and Philippine democracy; Chapter 3 Morbid symptoms and political violence in the Philippines; Chapter 4 \u2018Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown\u2019; Chapter 5 The Last Hurrah revisited; Chapter 6 Malling Manila; Chapter 7 From Pugad Lawin to Pugad Baboy; Chapter 8 The Sulu zone revisited; > \nEva-Lotta E. Hedman is Lecturer in Asian-Pacific Politics at the Universit.