TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson, Mark R.
TI  - The anti-Marcos struggle: personalistic rule and democratic transition in the Philippines
SN  - 300062435
AV  - DS 686.5 .T484 1996 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Quezon City, Philippines
PB  - New Day Publishers
KW  - MARCOS, FERDINAND E -- (FERDINAND EDRALIN), -- 1917-1989
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Rules of Pre-martial law Philippin politics -- The Collapse of Philippine democracy -- Sultanistic rule and the demobilization  of the opposition -- The Form, not the substance, of democracy -- Urban terrorism after a stolen election -- Boycott and a united front -- The Parliament of the streets and legislative polls -- The Snap elections and the fall of Marcos -- Democratic transition and consolidation
N2  - "With this book I hope to contribute to the comparative study of democratization through a case study of the Philippines. However paradoxical it may appear, most democratic transitions from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s were initiated by authoritarian regime."
ER  -