Cutting edge : The Politics of reform in the Philippines /

Santiago, Miriam Defensor

Cutting edge : The Politics of reform in the Philippines / Miriam Defensor Santiago - Metro Manila, Philippines : Woman Today Publications, c1994 - 348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. The Culture of corruption -- 2. The Politics of cannibalism -- 3. The Non-triumph of evil -- 4. The Will to win -- 5. A sense of shared destiny.

The real problem of the Philippines as a developing state is not poverty but graft and corruption. The country is not corrupt because it is poor; on the contrary, the country is poor because it is corrupt.

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POLITICS

JQ 1411 .S23 1994