TY - BOOK AU - Balboa, Jenny D. TI - Policy innovation in a weak democracy SN - 9786214482191 AV - HF 1713 .B35 2023 PY - 2023/// CY - Quezon City, Philippines PB - Ateneo De Manila University Press KW - FREE TRADE -- PHILIPPINES -- 1986-1998 N1 - Includes index; Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Neoliberalism -- Chapter 3. Beyond Neoliberalism: ASEAN's Pragmatism and Developmentalism -- Chapter 4. Historical Antecedents of the Trade Reforms: From Colonial Period to the Marcos Era. --Chapter 5. Trade Policy and AFTA in the Redemocratization Years -- Chapter 6. Explaining Trade Liberalization and AFTA Accession in the Aquino Years -- Chapter 7. Explaining the Sustenance of Trade Reforms and AFTA in the Ramos Years -- Chapter 8. Conclusion N2 - For many developing economies with colonial history, the prospect of trade liberalization almost always hits a raw nerve, given how unfair trade policy was imposed on them in the past ER -