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Parties and Accountability in the Philippines

Issue Date January 1999
Volume 10
Issue 1
Page Numbers 126-40
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About the Author

Gabriella R. Montinola is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Davis. Her current research interests focus on economic development, interest representation, and the causes and consequences of political corruption. She has conducted extensive field research in Southeast Asia and Latin America, and has recently returned from a research trip to the Philippines.

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