Introduction to Philippine politics:  local politics, the state, nation-building, and democratization / 
Maria Ela L. Atienza, editor. 
 - xxxviii, 241 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Third world perspectives on politics series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>State, patronage, and local elites / Francisco A. Magno -- Beyond patron-client relations, warlordism and local politics in the Philippines / John T. Sidel -- The Robredo syle, Philippine local politics in tradition / Takeshi Kawanaka -- The state and industrial transformation / Temario C. Rivera -- The Philippines, the weak state and the global war on terror / Herman Joseph S. Kraft -- Muslim perspective of the Mindanao problem / Abraham P. Sakili -- Culture, social science, and the conceptualization of the Philippine nation-state / Raul Pertierra -- Redemocratization in the wake of the 1986 People Power revolution / Randolf S. David -- Toward understanding coups and civilian-military relations / Carolina G. Hernandez -- Democracy and the Philippine left / Olle Törnquist -- A changed terrain for popular struggles / Alexander R. Magno. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789715427227 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013307104 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philippines politics and government.--Quezon City: Philippines--2013--pbk.<br/>Political culture-Philippines--Quezon City: Philippines--2013--pbk.<br/>Political science - Philippines--Quezon City: Philippines--2013--pbk.