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An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines

por McCoy, Alfred W. (edited by)

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9715501281
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9789715501286
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Manila, Philippines: Ateno de Manila University Press, 1995. Very Good+ condition. Flat, uncreased spine. No chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. Published in cooperation with The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. From the publisher: "Winner of the Philippine National Book Award, but now out of print outside of Asia, AN ANARCHY OF FAMILIES: STATE AND FAMILY IN THE PHILIPPINES explores the dynamics of family-based oligarchies and their pervasive influence on Philippine politics. Throughout the 20th century, kinship networks radiating from elite Filipino families have acted as powerful coalitions -- wielding substantial capital, exercising political sway, and sometimes backing it up with paramilitary force. This volume shows how the power of these extended families both derives from, and contributes to, a weak and corrupt state. Exploiting inherited wealth and invoking their family names, provincial and urban elites gain access to political privileges such as low-cost government credit, selective slackening of commercial regulations, licenses for state-regulated enterprises, and freedom from interference in labor disputes. Many of these families then pressure constituents to deliver, in exchange, votes for the officials who conferred the favors sought. The result is often increased factionalism, intensification of violence, and further attenuation of central government. Edited by Alfred W. McCoy, the volume offers nine essays that demonstrate the variety of style and method exhibited by the Filipino political families discussed therein. Their lives, punctuated by the mundane experiences of baptism, marriage, disputes over inheritance, and other events of the domestic sphere, have profoundly affected the life of the nation. From provincial warlords to modern managers, these familial networks have fused politics and business to subvert public institutions and reinforce private accumulation of wealth -- a pattern that continues to the present day. In the years following its publication in 1995, AN ANARCHY OF FAMILIES won both praise and criticism. Neither managed to add or subtract significantly from the most essential attribute of the book: It had struck the sciatic nerve of Philippine politics. In effect, the volume had identified and analyzed a sensitive, far-reaching facet whose operation is as central to the functioning of the Philippine polity now as it was then. As reader Patricio Abinales and series editor Katherine Bowie confirm, AN ANARCHY OF FAMILIES has continuing relevance...". Second printing. Softcover. Very Good+ condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 542pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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"Reprint edition, with a new preface and updated author biography"--Pub. info. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Livreiro
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Nº do estoque do livreiro
027694
Título
An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines
Autor
McCoy, Alfred W. (edited by)
Ilustrador
NOT a library discard
Formato/Encadernação
Brochura
Estado do livro
Usado - Very Good+ condition
Edição
Second printing
ISBN 10
9715501281
ISBN 13
9789715501286
Editorial
Ateno de Manila University Press
Local de publicação
Manila, Philippines
Data de publicação
1995
Dimensão
x, 542pp
Catálogos de livreiros
Sociology;

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