Trading Compromises

Interaction of Powers in the Philippine Presidential System

Bibliographic Data

ID20051386
AuthorsTakeshi Kawanaka (0000-0003-0850-2534, corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages89-106
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenuePresidents, Assemblies and Policy-Making in Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137315083_5
OpenAlexW2494595048
ISBN9781137315083
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

From a comparative perspective, the presidential legislative power in the Philippines is at the middle level, in both constitutional and partisan powers (Shugart and Carey 1992; Haggard and McCubbins 2001). This middle-level strength raises some problems for researchers. Generally, it is more difficult to explain why it is neither weak nor strong than why it is weak or strong. It is also difficult to examine empirically. In conventional arguments in the studies on Philippine politics, however, there have been two contrasting views on presidential power. One claims that the Philippine president is strong. This group focuses on constitutional powers, and the administrative control over the bureaucracy (de Dios 1999, 2002). Another emphasizes the influence of a dominant social class in the Congress. This group claims that presidential legislative initiatives that undermine social interests usually fail, due to the resistance of the Congress (see, for example, Abueva 2002).KeywordsEnactment RateParty SystemDebt ServiceBudget ProcessDivided GovernmentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Bureaucracy · Law and economics · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Presidential system · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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