Patricio N. Abinales is professor in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Donna J. Amoroso (1960–2011) was associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, and editor of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

• List of BoxesForewordPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionPhilippine TimelineChapter 1: Introducing Philippine PoliticsChapter 2: The Philippines in Maritime Asia to the Fourteen CenturyChapter 3: New States and Reorientations, 1368–1764Chapter 4: State and Societies, 1764–1898Chapter 5: Nation and States, 1872–1913Chapter 6: The Filipino Colonial State, 1902–1946Chapter 7: All Politics Is Local, 1946–1964Chapter 8: Marcos, 1965–1986Chapter 9: Democratization, 1986–1998Chapter 10: The Rise and Fall of "The Strong Republic"Chapter 11: Cacique Democracy PersonalizedChapter 12: Neo-Authoritarianism?Glossary BibliographyIndex

In this magisterial sweep through five centuries of the country’s turbulent history, Abinales and Amoroso offer an incisive analysis of Philippine politics that deftly juxtaposes local social dynamics with well-chosen global comparisons. Each page offers new insights, each chapter rewards with provocative analysis of a major period, allowing readers—whether undergraduates, faculty, or informed citizens—to emerge with richly informed insights into the country’s elusive, ever-changing political process.

Patricio N. Abinales is professor in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Donna J. Amoroso (1960–2011) was associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, and editor of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

• List of BoxesForewordPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionPhilippine TimelineChapter 1: Introducing Philippine PoliticsChapter 2: The Philippines in Maritime Asia to the Fourteen CenturyChapter 3: New States and Reorientations, 1368–1764Chapter 4: State and Societies, 1764–1898Chapter 5: Nation and States, 1872–1913Chapter 6: The Filipino Colonial State, 1902–1946Chapter 7: All Politics Is Local, 1946–1964Chapter 8: Marcos, 1965–1986Chapter 9: Democratization, 1986–1998Chapter 10: The Rise and Fall of "The Strong Republic"Chapter 11: Cacique Democracy PersonalizedChapter 12: Neo-Authoritarianism?Glossary BibliographyIndex

In this magisterial sweep through five centuries of the country’s turbulent history, Abinales and Amoroso offer an incisive analysis of Philippine politics that deftly juxtaposes local social dynamics with well-chosen global comparisons. Each page offers new insights, each chapter rewards with provocative analysis of a major period, allowing readers—whether undergraduates, faculty, or informed citizens—to emerge with richly informed insights into the country’s elusive, ever-changing political process.

Patricio N. Abinales is professor in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Donna J. Amoroso (1960–2011) was associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, and editor of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

• List of BoxesForewordPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionPhilippine TimelineChapter 1: Introducing Philippine PoliticsChapter 2: The Philippines in Maritime Asia to the Fourteen CenturyChapter 3: New States and Reorientations, 1368–1764Chapter 4: State and Societies, 1764–1898Chapter 5: Nation and States, 1872–1913Chapter 6: The Filipino Colonial State, 1902–1946Chapter 7: All Politics Is Local, 1946–1964Chapter 8: Marcos, 1965–1986Chapter 9: Democratization, 1986–1998Chapter 10: The Rise and Fall of "The Strong Republic"Chapter 11: Cacique Democracy PersonalizedChapter 12: Neo-Authoritarianism?Glossary BibliographyIndex

In this magisterial sweep through five centuries of the country’s turbulent history, Abinales and Amoroso offer an incisive analysis of Philippine politics that deftly juxtaposes local social dynamics with well-chosen global comparisons. Each page offers new insights, each chapter rewards with provocative analysis of a major period, allowing readers—whether undergraduates, faculty, or informed citizens—to emerge with richly informed insights into the country’s elusive, ever-changing political process.