Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisation
Philippine democratic consolidation stagnates despite a vibrant civil society. A comparative exploration of three local chambers of commerce in the Visayas and Mindanao reveals that, contrary to established typologies, it is the decidedly non-confrontational stance towards government that keeps the...
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V.
2015-09-01
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| description | Philippine democratic consolidation stagnates despite a vibrant civil society. A comparative exploration of three local chambers of commerce in the Visayas and Mindanao reveals that, contrary to established typologies, it is the decidedly non-confrontational stance towards government that keeps the chambers as civil society actors from contributing to democratic consolidation. Further, it becomes apparent that working within the existing clientelistic political structures is the most efficient strategy for interest groups to achieve political goals, while publicly confrontational strategies, which may be most conducive to democratic consolidation, can result in heavy political and economic costs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81c58303ad5f44aba110641cdced0f8d2022-12-21T20:55:59ZengArbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V.Pacific Geographies2196-14682199-91042015-09-0124441116Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisationBasanta, Thapa0University of PotsdamPhilippine democratic consolidation stagnates despite a vibrant civil society. A comparative exploration of three local chambers of commerce in the Visayas and Mindanao reveals that, contrary to established typologies, it is the decidedly non-confrontational stance towards government that keeps the chambers as civil society actors from contributing to democratic consolidation. Further, it becomes apparent that working within the existing clientelistic political structures is the most efficient strategy for interest groups to achieve political goals, while publicly confrontational strategies, which may be most conducive to democratic consolidation, can result in heavy political and economic costs.http://www.pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/PG44_Basanta-Thapa.pdfPhilippinescivil societyinterest intermediationdemocratisationclientelism |
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| title | Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisation |
| title_full | Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisation |
| title_fullStr | Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisation |
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| title_short | Silent Politics – How local chambers of commerce in the Philippines fail to foster democratisation |
| title_sort | silent politics how local chambers of commerce in the philippines fail to foster democratisation |
| topic | Philippines civil society interest intermediation democratisation clientelism |
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