How to make local government institutions work: some lessons on social change

• Main Authors: Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina, Lao, Maria Elissa Jayme, Advincula-Lopez, Leslie
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Subjects: social change; local government; health; basic public education; agriculture; radicalization of rationality; agency-structure relationship; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/27; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01154451.2013.789170
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper uses Beck's concept of radicalization of rationality, as centered on the changing relationship between social structure and social agents, in understanding how Philippine local government institutions fulfil their varied functions. It traces the various strategies that enabled the mu...