CONTESTED DEMOCRACY AND THE LEFT IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER MARCOS

DE Nathan Gilbert Quimpo. Ateneo de Manila University Press, Filipinas, 2008. Texto en inglés. 422 pp. 23 x 15. In this volume, Nathan Gilbert Quimpo disputes such characterizations of Philippine politics and puts forward an alternative interpretation-contested democracy. He argues that the deepening of democracy in the country involves the transformation of an elite-dominated formal democracy into a participatory and egalitarian one. He focuses on emergent, democratically oriented, leftist parties and groups that seek to transform the formal democracy of the Philippines into a more substantial one and shows the difficulties they have encountered in fighting patronage politics. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9789715505611