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Capital, Coercion, and Crime : Bossism in the Philippines /
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, caciq...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. Bossism and State Formation in the Philippines
- 2. Small-Town Bosses: The Mafia-Style Mayors of Cavite
- 3. The Provincial Warlords of Cavite, 1896-1995
- 4. The Small-Town Dynasties of Cebu
- 5. The District-Level Dynasties of Cebu
- 6. A Provincial Dynasty: The Osmeñas of Cebu City
- 7. Bossism in Comparative Perspective
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series List