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Where Do Regimes Come From? Where Do They Go? The Philippines Between Neopatrimonialism and Oligarchy
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Universität Bremen, FB 08 Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS)
Abstract Despite decades of experience with democratic institutions since the end of World War II, the quality of Philippine democratic development has been limited, at best. Even the successful civil societal mobilization against Ferdinand Marcos neopatrimonial regime did not generate a political framework ... view more
Despite decades of experience with democratic institutions since the end of World War II, the quality of Philippine democratic development has been limited, at best. Even the successful civil societal mobilization against Ferdinand Marcos neopatrimonial regime did not generate a political framework in which an effective state apparatus is capable of backing democratic values associated with the formal institutional setting. Why is that the case? This paper attempts to answer this question by tracing the regime origins and dynamics of the Philippines since the late days of Spanish colonialism. It is argued that what ultimately determines institutional changes of contemporary regimes is not so much the age of democratization they currently live in, but the historically-grown conflict structures that constitute patterns of legimization and delegitimization.... view less
Keywords
Philippines; regime; oligarchy; post-colonial society; democratization; conflict potential; authoritarianism
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Political System, Constitution, Government
Free Keywords
Neopatrimonialismus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Bremen
Page/Pages
35 p.
Series
InIIS-Arbeitspapiere, 37
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications