Marie-Antoinette sous les tropiques : Imelda Marcos, sa collection de chaussures et la mémoire de la Loi martiale by Gwenola Ricordeau

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Les défis de la gouvernance urbaine à Manille by Yves Boquet

“…Created under Ferdinand Marcos, the National Capital Region was managed by his wife Imelda Marcos, Governor of Metro Manila. After the fall of the dictatorship, a desire for autonomy of the constituent municipalities has led to give strong powers to local governments and mayors. …”
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Philippine Technocracy and the Politics of Economic Decision Making During the Martial Law Period (1972-1986) by Teresa E. Encarnacion Tadem

“…The paper argues that the technocracy’s technical expertise and shared development vision with the leadership and the country’s major donors, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, provided their power base.This was, however, continually challenged by the other economic power blocs which consisted mainly of factions within the technocracy, the Marcos cronies, and that of the First Lady Mrs. Imelda Marcos. For as long as the technocracy could access the needed IMF/World Bank loans for the country, the leadership gave it substantive bargaining leverage. …”
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Marcos, martial law and memory: The past in our future in the Philippines by Sheila S. Coronel

“…My generation grew up watching the unending spectacle of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. Remember this was the 20th Century, long before YouTube and Netflix. …”
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From power to architecture: an analysis on the identity transformation of Tagaytay people’s park in the sky through edifice complex and democratization theory by Jocelyn A. Rivera-Lutap, John Benedict A. Castillo

“…Commissioned in 1981 by Imelda Marcos, the wife of authoritarian head Ferdinand Marcos, the palace was not completed and eventually transformed into a public urban park. …”
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