Regime change in the Philippines : the legitimation of the Aquino government
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Canberra, ACT : Dept. of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.
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The four papers in this monograph deal with Philippine politics at the
time of Marcos's downfall and during the first eighteen months of
Aquino's presidency. Anne Mackenzie describes the events leading up
to Marcos's flight from the Philippines. But her main concern is to
examine the background to the events and to assess the competing
interpretations and explanations of them. Mark Turner traces
Aquino's quest for political legitimacy through the drafting and
popular approval of a new constitution. Discussion of the nature of
political legitimacy in the Philippines provides the setting for the
account of the latest constitutional developments. Marian Simms is
concerned with the role of women and women's issues in the
drafting of the 1987 constitution. These matters are dealt with in the
general context of women and politics in the Philippines. Alan Robson
examines the second of Aquino's major legitimating measures, the
congressional elections of May 1987. He sorts out the protagonists,
looks at the characteristics of their campaigns and of the polling, and
analyses the results. He also outlines some of the major features of
contemporary Philippine politics.
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