First published in 1994, 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.

Winner, National Book Award for Social Sciences

Publisher:
Ateneo de Manila University Press, Philippines

Publication Date:
2017

Format:
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches / 548 pages / BW

Language:
English

ISBN: 971-550-128-1