The politics of ethnic representation in Philippine bureaucracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Weena Gera (0000-0003-4500-0226, University of the Philippines Cebu, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 858-877 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2015.1080374 |
| OpenAlex | W2203173948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
The good governance argument for diversity in civil service is based on the notion that creating a bureaucracy that represents the diverse communities it serves strengthens government accountability and legitimacy. This paper argues that ethnic representation in national bureaucratic governance in the Philippines primarily constitutes a means for political reallocation of space, as it is embedded in the government's framework of asymmetric political autonomy. Mired in intersecting political and ethnic tensions (i.e. blurred ethnic distinctions/ethnic identity disputes and politico-ethnic conflicts), patrimonial forces could easily exploit the country's bureaucratic representation policies as spaces for patronage and as superficial tokens to mollify interethnic factions of their share of the national polity. Thus, instead of facilitating equitable voice in bureaucratic governance, such policy framework could only hold ordinary indigenous and minority ethnic communities captive in the elite-dominated interethnic struggle for representation
Accountability · Autonomy · Bureaucracy · Corporate governance · Economics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Representation (politics · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |