Overview

This book discusses how in a Philippine context, the bureaucracy and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is dysfunctional and that corruption has a ubiquitous impact on governance and administration that has defined how that states operate. Scholars and commentators have described Philippine democracy as a paradox. This book uses the unprecedented May 2010 synchronized automation of elections – an attempt at electoral engineering – to better understand the lingering paradox of Philippine politics and its public administration system

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Author:   Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr.
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781498534123

ISBN 10:   1498534120
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   17 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter One: The Pathological Philippine Public Administration System: Dysfunctional Bureaucracy, Systemic Corruption and Weak Rule of Law Chapter Two: Patronage Politics and Patron-Client Ties: Interrogating Dominant Paradigms Chapter Three: Corruption, Electoral Reforms and Wicked Problems: Assessing Automation of Elections as Electoral Engineering Chapter Four: May 2010 Automated Elections for the Office of the President: Reformation Or Restoration? Chapter Five: May 2010 Automated Elections for Philippine Senators: Change Or Continuity? Chapter Six: Networks of (Dis)Trust: Theorising beyond Patronage Politics

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Going well beyond patronage and clientelism, the traditional paradigm of Philippine politics, Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr., deepens our understanding of the contested character of the country's flawed and fragile democracy. Examining the Philippines' very first automated national elections in 2010 and drawing from social capital theory, Reyes cogently illustrates how `networks of trust' and `networks of distrust' interact, overlap and compete for power among actors in electoral exercises. -- Nathan Quimpo, University of Tsukuba

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Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr. is professor at the University of Queensland

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