House of clans

Bibliographic Data

ID20054845
AuthorsJulio C Teehankee (0000-0002-1335-5594, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages85-96
Publication date2018-02-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRoutledge Handbook of the Contemporary Philippines (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315709215-6
OpenAlexW2903722431
ISBN9781315709215
LanguageEN
Citations received13

A combination of adaptive strategies has enabled political dynasties to maintain their dominance in Philippine congressional politics. Consequently, a variety of political dynasties have emerged in successive political regimes utilizing these strategies. This study investigates the adaptability and resilience of political clans. It is an exposition of the methods undertaken by traditional, new, and emerging political dynasties to maintain their dominance in congressional politics. The national legislature, in its various historical incarnations, has long served as a nexus for national and local power dynamics. Thus, the mechanism by which political clans acquire, sustain, and reproduce power through the House of Representatives is elaborated

Clan · Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · Philippine History and Culture