Philippine technocracy and politico-administrative realities during the martial law period (1972–1986)
Decentralization, local governance and autonomy concerns of prescient technocrats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11745319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex B Brillantes (University of the Philippines Diliman, corresponding author), Abigail Modino (University of the Philippines Diliman) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philippine Political Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0115-4451 • E-ISSN: 2165-025X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01154451.2015.1028147 |
| OpenAlex | W1558207028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Decentralization and local governance in the Philippines have taken big strides since the passage of the Local Government Code of 1991. This article argues that the seeds and ideas were in existence prior to this period, as evidenced by discerning and forward-looking technocrats who saw that decentralization should be incorporated in the broader development strategies of the country. However, since the technocrats then were widely perceived to be mostly concerned with the administration's economic and development policies, their thoughts on local autonomy and decentralization have not been given much attention by scholars. Based on original material gathered from interviews with key technocrats, the article concludes that a number of the fundamental principles pertaining to decentralization initiatives had been articulated in the Philippines as much as two decades before being meaningfully implemented by the Local Government Code in 1991. These basic decentralization tenets include the following: (1) decentralization of governance should focus on the countryside to bring about development; (2) deconcentration should be adopted to deepen decentralization under an authoritarian regime; (3) the implementation of decentralized structures and processes should be accompanied by changes in paradigms and mindsets of stakeholders; (4) doubts about the capacities of sub-national governments exist, hence impeding decentralization; (5) decentralization requires working with local leaders; (6) decentralization requires engaging with and working with local communities; and (7) decentralization and local governance require local governments to work together
Autonomy · Central government · Corporate governance · Decentralization · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technocracy · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Philippine History and Culture · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |