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This study of bossism may be far from comprehensive, but Sidel is able to show conclusively that, no matter whose legacy it is, bossism cannot be tolerated as old-fashioned patronage that fulfills the people’s needs where the state is too weak to function effectively.
- Oona Thommes Paredes
- 2002
Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines, by John T. Sidel. California: Stanford University Press, 2000. xii + 225. US$55.00, cloth. This book offers an historical perspective on Philippine politics and administration that may hold important lessons for the cur-rent decentralization program. John Sidel shows how the persistent
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John T. Sidel is Lecturer in South East Asia Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. This book focuses on local bossism, a common political phenomenon where local power brokers achieve monopolistic control over an area's coercive and economic resources.
Bossism in Cavite and Cebu. JOHN T. SIDEL. ACCOUNTS OF THE VARIOUS LOCAL, congressional, and national elections held in the Philippines since 1986 have highlighted three enduring features of Philippine democracy in the post-Marcos era.
Dec 1, 1999 · Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines (Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific) 1st Edition. This book focuses on local bossism, a common political phenomenon where local power brokers achieve monopolistic control over an area's coercive and economic resources.
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Capital, Coercion, and Crime. : John Thayer Sidel. Stanford University Press, 1999 - Political Science - 225 pages. This book focuses on local bossism, a common political phenomenon where local...
Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’. John T. Sidel.
