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Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? / ed. by Rodolfo C. Severino, Lorraine Carlos Salazar.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789812304995
  • 9789812305176
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.9599
LOC classification:
  • DS655 .W48 2007
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Map of Southeast Asia -- 1. The Philippines in Southeast Asia -- 2. From Regime Crisis to System Change -- 3. Proposed Constitutional Reforms for Good Governance and Nation Building -- 4. The Military in Philippine Politics -- 5. Religion and Politics -- 6. The Philippine Press -- 7. Macroeconomic Issues and Challenges -- 8. Investment Climate and Business Opportunities -- 9. Why Does Poverty Persist in the Philippines? -- 10. Diaspora, Remittances, and Poverty -- 11. The Philippine Development Record -- 12. Sancho Panza in Buliok Complex -- 13. The Insurgency That Would Not Go Away -- 14. Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? -- INDEX
Summary: Philippine observers are often baffled by the economic and political turmoil that dominates headlines about the country. Yet, at the same time, the Philippines continues to hold the potential for successfully combining political freedoms with sustained economic growth and, thus, improving the lives of its people. In this book, a team of distinguished scholars examines these seemingly contradictory trends in order to gain a sense of the country’s prospects. Reassessing the fascinating and puzzling “Philippines conundrum” from various angles, the analyses contribute sharp and fresh insights into a variety of areas including: the presidency and political parties; constitutional change and federalism; the roles of the military, religion, and the media in politics; the conflict in Mindanao; the communist insurgency; macroeconomic developments, issues, and trends; the investment climate and business opportunities; poverty, unemployment, and income inequality; migration and remittances; and the Philippine development record in comparative perspective. While the analyses offered in this volume do not arrive at a consensus, they provide a deeper perspective and a more balanced appreciation of events in the country and a glimpse of the prospects and challenges that it faces.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Map of Southeast Asia -- 1. The Philippines in Southeast Asia -- 2. From Regime Crisis to System Change -- 3. Proposed Constitutional Reforms for Good Governance and Nation Building -- 4. The Military in Philippine Politics -- 5. Religion and Politics -- 6. The Philippine Press -- 7. Macroeconomic Issues and Challenges -- 8. Investment Climate and Business Opportunities -- 9. Why Does Poverty Persist in the Philippines? -- 10. Diaspora, Remittances, and Poverty -- 11. The Philippine Development Record -- 12. Sancho Panza in Buliok Complex -- 13. The Insurgency That Would Not Go Away -- 14. Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? -- INDEX

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Philippine observers are often baffled by the economic and political turmoil that dominates headlines about the country. Yet, at the same time, the Philippines continues to hold the potential for successfully combining political freedoms with sustained economic growth and, thus, improving the lives of its people. In this book, a team of distinguished scholars examines these seemingly contradictory trends in order to gain a sense of the country’s prospects. Reassessing the fascinating and puzzling “Philippines conundrum” from various angles, the analyses contribute sharp and fresh insights into a variety of areas including: the presidency and political parties; constitutional change and federalism; the roles of the military, religion, and the media in politics; the conflict in Mindanao; the communist insurgency; macroeconomic developments, issues, and trends; the investment climate and business opportunities; poverty, unemployment, and income inequality; migration and remittances; and the Philippine development record in comparative perspective. While the analyses offered in this volume do not arrive at a consensus, they provide a deeper perspective and a more balanced appreciation of events in the country and a glimpse of the prospects and challenges that it faces.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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