The Making of a Nation is a collection of essays that center on the emergence of Filipino national consciousness in the second half of the nineteenth century. They range from the first beginnings of Filipino national awareness with Father Jose Burgos to its full flowering in the Revolution and the war in defense of national independence against the Americans. The fruit of thirty-five years of r…
State Society dynamics is a much-needed addition to works about our political life. It provides a seldom-seen picture of the policy-making process as it thoughtfully studies the wealth of experience generated during the Aquino administration for greater political learning, especially with regard to democratization.
This book, The Philippines in ASEAN: Reflections from the Listening Room, is essentially about the Philippine role in ASEAN, particularly in terms of human rights, regional security, and economic integration. However, it is also a veritable mini-history of ASEAN-from the Philippine point of view, but also from the standpoint of a fifteen-year veteran of the ASEAN Secretariat. It is thus a valua…
Vince Boudreau compares strategies of repression and protest in post-war Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines because these alternative strategies shaped the social bases and opposition cultures available to dissidents and, in turn, influenced their effectiveness. He includes first-hand research as well as the the social movements' literature to consider the interactions between the regimes in …
This collection of inspiring speeches reveals Senator Jovito Salonga's PASSION passion for nationalism, passion for freedom, passion for the truth and passion for nation. Only a man of passion could stand firm on his principles. Only a man of passion could face seemingly insurmountable adversities and trials. Only a man of passion could think of God and country first before self.
The contents of this book: Chapter 1: 21st-Century Philippines-US Security Relations: Managing an Alliance in the War of the Third Kind Chapter 2: Unconventional Warface: Are US Special Forces Engaged in an "Offensive War" in the Philippines?
The economic indicators tell us exactly what we accomplished these last three years. But economic growth by itself is not the truest measure of what we have been able to do. More important is that we have restored ordinary people's faith in our capacity to accomplish things together: we have reawakened popular optimism.
This important comparative study views the separatist movements in the Philippines and Thailand as both political phenomena and springing from dissatisfied ethnic minorities. The author questions "Modernization school" and Marxist belief that ethnicity is a transitory phenomenon, arguing that that concept of "national culture" may result in minority groups remaining outside the culture. Examini…
A sixth collection of speeches by the President of the Republic of the Philippines." Includes bibliographical references and index. ASEAN Recourses Centre copy signed by author."
Now that he is a private citizen, I still cover him from time to time because his voice and opinions still carry a strong weight as a senior statesman. My coverage of him during the war in Mindanao in the 1970s and 1980s was full of adventure and danger. At times I found myself riding planes and helicopters over rebel territories. In some instances, I clambered up armored vehicles and trudged t…