High-level Political Appointments in the Philippines Patronage, Emotion and Democracy /

• Main Author: Hodder, Rupert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political communication.; Public administration.; Economic sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Communication.; Public Administration.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. Its focus is on high-level political appointees in the Philippines, but its implications for development processes and policy are far-reaching. Patronage stimulates the emergence of democracy and welfare,...