Defeating a Political Dynasty

Local Progressive Politics through People Power Volunteers for Reform and Bottom-up Budgeting Projects in Siquijor, Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID11871443
AuthorsTamiki Hara (Chiba University of Commerce, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume8
Issue3
Pages413-439
Publication date2019-12-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSoutheast Asian studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2186-7275 • E-ISSN: 2423-8686
PublisherKyoto University (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.20495/seas.8.3_413
OpenAlexW2997237246
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Despite its much-touted agenda to fight poverty and corruption, the Aquino administration was not able to produce good results during its term at the national level. However, some political forces and policy reforms that emerged with the administration achieved remarkable change at the local level. This paper explores the case of Siquijor Province, where an entrenched political dynasty was defeated in the 2013 and 2016 elections by candidates supported by the Liberal Party and its allied forces, Akbayan, and analyzes factors that brought this change by focusing on activities of People Power Volunteers for Reform, the impact of bottom-up budgeting projects, and the mobilization of powers of the national government through personal relationships. It also notes achievements of the Aquino administration at the local level, provides a critical perspective to the elite democracy discourse that sticks to a static view of Philippine politics, and clarifies local practices by progressive forces that confront oligarchy

Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Top-down and bottom-up design · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Engineering · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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