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…
The story of Mindanao is truly much more than a story of war. But war's very persistance on that great island suggests that the peace and progress Mindanaoans crave-Muslims, Christians, and Iumad- cannot be reached without first revisiting the sources of conflict and retracing its tortuous path to the present
This is a comprehensive policy study with retrospective and prospective components. It is a study of process, content, outcomes and performance. As a study of process, it looks at the policy steps taken by the Aquino Government from problem identification to policy implementation, focusing on the period 1986 to 1991. As a study of content, it analyses the substance of autonomy in Republic Act N…