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- Title
Rise and Fall of Provincial Elites in the Philippines: Nueva Ecija from the 1880s to the Present Day.
- Authors
Wolters, W. G.
- Abstract
The position of local and provincial élites in the Philippines has changed in character. At the beginning of the century the landed élite was relatively autonomous, keeping the state weak and using it to reinforce its position. Since the 1950s a new élite of mercantile entrepreneurs has emerged, dependent on state credit and political protection. Under the martial law regime in the 1970s the state ceased to be an extension of regional élites and acquired the features of a separate level of organization. The transition to the Aquino administration has led to some degree of decentralization. However, provincial politicians are more than ever interested in finding their slot in the central state apparatus.
- Subjects
NUEVA Ecija (Philippines : Province); PHILIPPINES; SOCIAL classes; ELITE (Social sciences); ELITISM; SOCIAL structure; SOCIAL change; VILLAGE communities; SOCIAL development; NATION building
- Publication
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 1989, Vol 4, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
0217-9520
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1355/SJ4-1F