When running for office runs in the family: Horizontal dynasties, policy and development in the Philippines

• Main Author: DULAY, Dean C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Political Dynasties; Economic Policy; Preference Alignment; Political Parties; Regression Discontinuity Design; The Philippines; Asian Studies; Political Economy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3327; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4583/viewcontent/FINAL_CPS.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Political dynasties exist in practically every variant of democracy, but take different forms in different places. Yet the types of dynastic structures have remained unexplored. We argue that horizontal dynasties—multiple members from the same political family holding different political offices con...