Ch. 1. Elections and democratization in the Philippines -- ch. 2. The colonial era and its political legacies, 1565-1945 -- ch. 3. The postwar clientelist electoral regime, 1945-1972 -- ch. 4. The institutionalization of centralized authoritarian rule, 1972-1978 -- ch. 5. Elections and democratization in the Marcos era -- ch. 6. Local struggles and national regime transition -- ch. 7. Conclusion
Summary
First published in 2001. This study shows how legitimate elections held under centralized authoritarian conditions before 1986, though not democratic, still contributed to democratization by creating the political space needed for democratic oppostion to arise
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index
