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Book Leaders of the Philippines

Download or read book Leaders of the Philippines written by Zoilo M. Galang and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philippine President Estada Impeached

Download or read book Philippine President Estada Impeached written by Dirk J. Barreveld and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Philippine People Power toppled a President and avoided a Chinese Conspiracy to turn the Philippines into Asia's Gambling and Entertainment Center.

Book The Sovereign Trickster

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vicente L. Rafael
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2021-11-15
  • ISBN : 1478022418
  • Pages : 119 pages

Download or read book The Sovereign Trickster written by Vicente L. Rafael and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Sovereign Trickster Vicente L. Rafael offers a prismatic view of the age of Rodrigo Duterte in the contemporary Philippines. Framing Duterte as a trickster figure who boasts, jokes, terrorizes, plays the victim, and instills terror, Rafael weaves together topics ranging from the drug war, policing, and extrajudicial killings to neoliberal citizenship, intimacy, and photojournalism. He is less concerned with defining Duterte as a fascist, populist, warlord, and traditional politician than he is with examining what Duterte does: how he rules, the rhetoric of his humor, his use of obscenity to stoke fear, and his projection of masculinity and misogyny. Locating Duterte's rise within the context of counterinsurgency, neoliberalism, and the history of electoral violence, while drawing on Foucault’s biopower and Mbembe’s necropolitics, Rafael outlines how Duterte weaponizes death to control life. By diagnosing the symptoms of the authoritarian imaginary as it circulates in the Philippines, Rafael provides a complex account of Duterte’s regime and the social conditions that allow him to enjoy continued support.

Book An Anarchy of Families

Download or read book An Anarchy of Families written by Alfred W. McCoy and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Philippine National Book Award, this pioneering volume reveals how the power of the country's family-based oligarchy both derives from and contributes to a weak Philippine state. From provincial warlords to modern managers, prominent Filipino leaders have fused family, politics, and business to compromise public institutions and amass private wealth--a historic pattern that persists to the present day. Edited by Alfred W. McCoy, An Anarchy of Families explores the pervasive influence of the modern dynasties that have led the Philippines during the past century. Exemplified by the Osmeñas and Lopezes, elite Filipino families have formed a powerful oligarchy--controlling capital, dominating national politics, and often owning the media. Beyond Manila, strong men such as Ramon Durano, Ali Dimaporo, and Justiniano Montano have used "guns, goons, and gold" to accumulate wealth and power in far-flung islands and provinces. In a new preface for this revised edition, the editor shows how this pattern of oligarchic control has continued into the twenty-first century, despite dramatic socio-economic change that has supplanted the classic "three g's" of Philippine politics with the contemporary "four c's"--continuity, Chinese, criminality, and celebrity.

Book Moral Politics in the Philippines

Download or read book Moral Politics in the Philippines written by Wataru Kusaka and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The people” famously ousted Ferdinand Marcos from power in the Philippines in 1986. After democratization, though, a fault line appeared that split the people into citizens and the masses. The former were members of the middle class who engaged in civic action against the restored elite-dominated democracy, and viewed themselves as moral citizens in contrast with the masses, who were poor, engaged in illicit activities and backed flawed leaders. The masses supported emerging populist counter-elites who promised to combat inequality, and saw themselves as morally upright in contrast to the arrogant and oppressive actions of the wealthy in arrogating resources to themselves. In 2001, the middle class toppled the populist president Joseph Estrada through an extra-constitutional movement that the masses denounced as illegitimate. Fearing a populist uprising, the middle class supported action against informal settlements and street vendors, and violent clashes erupted between state forces and the poor. Although solidarity of the people re-emerged in opposition to the corrupt presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and propelled Benigno Aquino III to victory in 2010, inequality and elite rule continue to bedevil Philippine society. Each group considers the other as a threat to democracy, and the prevailing moral antagonism makes it difficult to overcome structural causes of inequality.

Book Encyclopaedia Britannica

Download or read book Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Book Characteristics of Filipino Leaders Towards Organization Performance  A Meta Analysis

Download or read book Characteristics of Filipino Leaders Towards Organization Performance A Meta Analysis written by Maria Liza, L. Moscosa and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT. The primary goal of this research is to explore the effect of leadership of school heads toward teacher’s performance from published and unpublished studies from 2000 to 2021 as basis for a Filipino leadership model. Specifically, this are basis: To describe the features of the studies based on the following; First set is the variables of the study, the design, the participants of the study, and the last one is the characteristics of the leader. Generally, the study is based on the following recommendations; repetition of the study using a wider scope of sample size, application of the developed model for a Higher Educational Institution. In addition, author was advised to thoroughly checked whether the journals they were submitting the quality cheeks in the form review, ethical board and plagiarism checks; these would not depend on the author. On the other hand, the study concluded that the collected literature for meta-analysis were found to be homogeneous enough for comparison based the computed size effect. Preference on journals for publication through a pay to publish scheme were pointed out that the easiest way to publish a study is through a Higher Educational Institution. Majority of the results showed that positive values have correlation to a good leadership style. Thus, to design a Filipino based leadership model according to the results of the Filipino study that’s why from the analyzed literature the Moscosa’s leadership model was devised, a training program to support the developed model was created and the same model is to distribute to the workplace of the author and other educational institutions.

Book Corruption and Money Laundering

Download or read book Corruption and Money Laundering written by D. Chaikin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a policy and legal analysis, this book shows how corruption facilitates money laundering, and vice versa. Furthermore, it demonstrates specifically how the responses developed to combat one type of financial crime can productively be employed in fighting the other.

Book Filipino Leadership

Download or read book Filipino Leadership written by Mendiola Teng- Calleja and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the globalization of many organizational processes, many leadership practices in the Philippines resemble those in other countries. And while it is true that leaders worldwide similarly experience the complexity of organizations and societies, their particular context and culture shape their day-to-day interactions and responses to challenges. To resonate therefore among out leaders, this book showcases researches and stories on Filipino leadership. It is interesting to see how leadership acquires a distinct flavor in a high power distance, highly collectivist, developing country. The book captures local knowledge and translates these into practical and useful applications relevant to the practice of leadership in various settings and sectors in the Philippines. Its findings are enriched by experiences of leaders thereby connecting the science to actual stories of leadership.

Book The Encyclopedia of the Spanish American and Philippine American Wars

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Spanish American and Philippine American Wars written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the wars that saw the United States emerge as a world power; one that had immense implications for America, especially in Latin America and Asia. ABC-CLIO, acclaimed publisher of superior references on the United States at war, revisits a pivotal moment in America's coming-of-age with The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. Again under the direction of renowned scholar Spencer Tucker, the encyclopedia covers the conflict between the United States and Spain with a depth and breadth no other reference works can match. The encyclopedia offers two complete volumes of alphabetically organized entries written by some of the world's foremost historians, covering everything from the course of the wars to relevant economic, social, and cultural matters in the United States, Spain, and other nations. Featuring a separate volume of primary-source documents and a wealth of images and maps, the encyclopedia portrays the day-to-day drama and lasting legacy of the war like never before, guiding readers through a seminal event in America's transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era.

Book Bibi

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anshel Pfeffer
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 1849049882
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book Bibi written by Anshel Pfeffer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many in Israel and elsewhere, Benjamin Netanyahu is anathema, an embarrassment; yet he continues to dominate Israeli public life. How can we explain his rise, his hold on Israeli politics, and his outsized role on the world's stage?In Bibi, Anshel Pfeffer reveals the formative influence of Netanyahu's father and grandfather, who bequeathed to him a once-marginal brand of Zionism combining Jewish nationalism with religious traditionalism. In the Zionist enterprise, Netanyahu embodies the triumph of the underdogs over the secular liberals who founded the nation.Netanyahu's Israel is a hybrid of ancient phobia and high-tech hope; of tribalism and globalism -- just like the man himself. We cannot understand Israel today without first understanding the man who leads it.

Book Asia s New Battlefield

Download or read book Asia s New Battlefield written by Richard Javad Heydarian and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact, insightful book offers an up-to-the-minute guide to understanding the evolution of maritime territorial disputes in East Asia, exploring their legal, political-security and economic dimensions against the backdrop of a brewing Sino-American rivalry for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. It traces the decades-long evolution of Sino-American relations in Asia, and how this pivotal relationship has been central to prosperity and stability in one of the most dynamics regions of the world. It also looks at how middle powers – from Japan and Australia to India and South Korea – have joined the fray, trying to shape the trajectory of the territorial disputes in the Western Pacific, which can, in turn, alter the future of Asia – and ignite an international war that could re-configure the global order. The book examines how the maritime disputes have become a litmus test of China’s rise, whether it has and will be peaceful or not, and how smaller powers such as Vietnam and the Philippines have been resisting Beijing’s territorial ambitions. Drawing on extensive discussions and interviews with experts and policy-makers across the Asia-Pacific region, the book highlights the growing geopolitical significance of the East and South China Sea disputes to the future of Asia – providing insights into how the so-called Pacific century will shape up.

Book Leaders from Marcos to Arroyo

Download or read book Leaders from Marcos to Arroyo written by Homobono A. Adaza and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very compelling account by former Governor Homobono A. Adaza of Misamis Oriental, one of the most outspoken critics of the national government, on his personal encounters with Philippine presidents and other leaders who could have been president. Adaza believes he has a better perspective of our country's leaders because he conversations with them during their unguarded moments when there were no cameras and their body language and verbal comments were not measured nor scripted. Adaza also writes in great detail about his involvements in all the major political events in the Philippines: from the election of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1965, the dark days of martial law, the end of the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, the election of Corazon Aquino as president, the coup plots against her administration, the search for gold in the Philippine embassy grounds in Tokyo, Japan during the Ramos administration, the ouster of President Estrada in EDSA II and the recent "Garci tapes" scandal in the current Arroyo administration. As Filipinos prepare for the coming May 2010 presidential elections, Adaza passionately emphasizes the qualities of leadership the future president must possess and the programs to be pursued for the Philippines to become the "promised land" for millions of Filipinos. A must read for every Filipino who cares for his country, loves history and follows the world of Philippine politics.

Book Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines

Download or read book Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines written by Allen Hicken and published by National University of Singapore Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The role of clientism, political machines, and money in grassroots electioneering in the Philippines has been much analyzed by those who study the subject, but never as extensively as Allen Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith Weiss do in Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines. Combining in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in localities across the Philippines during the 2016 elections with polling data and national comparative data, this study sheds light on the organization of elections and electioneering across the Philippines. How do candidates choose to appeal to voters, and how do they get out the vote? How do voters respond to different kinds of appeals? How important are patronage and clientism? What are the networks within which patronage is delivered? What do the political machines look like in elections influenced by social media? The book identifies commonalities and differences across the Philippines while speaking to current debates in political science about elections in developing democracies, the structure and organization of clientelism, and the role of money in elections"--Back cover.

Book The Rise of Duterte

Download or read book The Rise of Duterte written by Richard Javad Heydarian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on the extensive literature on populism, democracy, and emerging markets as well as interviews with senior government officials, experts, and journalists in the Philippines and beyond, This book is the first to analyze the significance and implications of the rise of Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte within a rapidly-changing Asia Pacific region. As China's power in the Pacific grows rapidly, nations that have traditionally been US allies, such as the Phillipines, are experiencing political convulsions; Duterte's open willingness to realign towards China (at the expense of America) in exchange for infrastructure investment is one of the clearest indicators of what China's rise might look like for nations around the world. Timely, precise, accessible and fast-paced, this book will be of value to scholars, journalists, policy-makers, and China watchers.

Book Demagoguery and Democracy

Download or read book Demagoguery and Democracy written by Patricia Roberts-Miller and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear-eyed guide to demagoguery—and how we can defeat it What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them. Why is it dangerous? Demagoguery is democracy’s greatest threat. It erodes rational debate, so that intelligent policymaking grinds to a halt. The idea that we never fall for it—that all the blame lies with them—is equally dangerous. How can we stop it? Demagogues follow predictable patterns in what they say and do to gain power. The key to resisting demagoguery is to name it when you see it—and to know where it leads.

Book Foreign Policy Analysis

Download or read book Foreign Policy Analysis written by M. Breuning and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book's introduction to foreign policy analysis focuses on decision makers and decision making. Each chapter is organised around puzzles and questions to which undergraduates can relate. The book emphasizes the importance of individuals in foreign policy decision making, while also placing decision makers within their context.