Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines: Unpacking the Links

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mendoza, Ronald U., Banaag, Miann S., Hiwatig, Joshua D., Yusingco, Michael Henry Ll., Yap, Jurel K.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Animo Repository 2020
• الموضوعات: political dynasty; poverty; network analysis; term limits; Philippines
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol20/iss4/8; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1336/viewcontent/RA_207.pdf

This paper reviews the empirical evidence linking political dynasties in the Philippines to the imposition of term limits under the 1987 Constitution. It finds evidence that political clans have found a way around this Constitutional constraint by fielding more family members in power—giving rise to...