An Emerging Asian Tiger Chasing the American Dream
Labor, Politics and Economics in the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11769880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jazmine Estacio (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0884-0768 • E-ISSN: 2169-7728 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/p8161022110 |
| OpenAlex | W332092388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
AN EMERGING ASIAN TIGER CHASING THE AMERICAN DREAM: LABOR, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN THE PHILIPPINES Jazmine Estaciot INTRODUCTION We have gathered here today to salute the unique friendship that has bound Filipinos and Americans for many decades and that has shown a capacity for endurance despite every vicissi- tude .... Ours is a friendship built on certain values we hold in common, values that uphold democracy, liberal and open societies ... and individual liberties. 1 President Fidel Ramos President Ramos' dramatic statement was made in a speech during the celebration of the 50th year of independence from the United States in 1996. The speech was an important one for Ra- mos, whose purpose was to direct his people to embrace the United States as a new partner in economic growth and coopera- tion, and to inform them that a possible severing of ties may lead to disastrous results for the Philippines. 2 There is much truth to what he spoke of that day, but, in the context of labor, there lurks a fallacy. President Ramos' truth is that within the last few years the Philippines, under the guidance of his administration, has be- come a vibrant, free-market economy. 3 This change was not t Associate at Jones, Jones, Gluck, Larkin & O'Connell, New York City; J.D., St. John's University School of Law. The author received third prize in the 1997 Dr. Emmanuel Stein Writing Competition sponsored by the New York State Bar Asso- ciation. The article, entitled Are We on the Right Path? A U.S. Perspective on Child Labor, will be published in the fall of 1998 in the Labor and Employment Newsletter of the New York State Bar Association. 1. Author unknown, Manila Hails Friendship with U.S., UPI, July 4, 1996, available in LEXIS, Nexus Library, UPI File. 2. Id. 3. Philippines; History, Business Intelligence Report World of Information, October 1996
Biology · Development economics · Dream · Economics · Political science · Politics · Tiger · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philippine History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |