TY - BOOK AU - Balboa, Jenny D. TI - Policy innovation in a weak democracy : : AFTA implementation and trade liberalization in the Philippines, 1986-1998 SN - 9786214482191 AV - HF 1713 .B35 2023 PY - 2023/// CY - Quezon City : PB - Ateneo de Manila Press, KW - FREE TRADE -- PHILIPPINES -- 1986-1998 KW - PHILIPPINES -- COMMERCE KW - PHILIPPINES -- COMMERCIAL POLICY 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 - This book examines why the Philippine government came to implement trade reforms and accede to AFTA despite impediments. It presents a comprehensive framework for analyzing foreign economic policy by examining the interaction between domestic and international factors ER -