TY - BOOK AU - Tapales, Proserpina Domingo ; Cuaresma, Jocelyn C.;Cabo, Wilhelmina L. TI - Local government in the Philippines: a book of readings AV - JS 7321 .C39 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Diliman, Philippines PB - Center for local and Regional Governance and National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines KW - LOCAL GOVERNMENT N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Chapter 1. Decentralization and local government -- Chapter 2. History of local government in the Philippines -- Chapter 3. Organization, structure, powers and personnel system -- Chapter 4. Fiscal administration and local economic development -- Chapter 5. People's Participation in governance -- Chapter 6. Issues in devolution N2 - This books could have been titled Decentralized Governance in the Philippines: a Book of Readings rather than Local Government in the Philippines, because the experience of governance in the Philippines since the passage of the Local Government code of 1991 can be described as a quick change to decentralized governance ER -