Tensions and Developments in Akbayan’s Alliance with the Aquino Administration

• Main Author: Juliano, Hansley A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: Akbayan; contested democracy; National Democratic Front; Philippine Left; alliances; coalitions; Liberal Party; Philippine political parties; Political Science; Political Theory
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/polsci-faculty-pubs/11; https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/4975
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party’s participation in the Aquino administration is fueling continuing tensions not only between and among its leaders and members but also between the party and its allied social movements. What does this reveal about the nature and dynamics of leftist group participation...