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12 Sidel is to be commended for this highly objective analysis of Philippine bossism, and an honest portrayal of the predation and violence that pervade the electoral system. Capital, Coercion, and Crime is a sober and detailed assessment of what may be the modern Philippine state’s most serious obstacle.
- 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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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. Examples of bossism include Old Corruption in eighteenth-century England, urban political machines in the United States, caciques in Latin America, the Mafia in Southern Italy, and today's gangster politicians in such countries ...
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. First of all, large numbers of politicians who held
Dec 1, 1999 · John Sidel has written a great deal on the Filipino family and its impact upon Philippine politics. In this book he weaves together much of his own research, along with that collected by others interested in the unique role of the family in the Philippines, in an effort to develop a cohesive theory with which to understand the archipelago.
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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 power brokers achieve monopolistic control over an area's coercive and economic resources. Examples of bossism include Old Corruption in eighteenth ...
Mar 26, 2010 · Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines. By John T. Sidel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. xii, 225 pp. 19.95 (paper). - Volume 61 Issue 4
