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Book Title: Philippine Politics: Possibilities And Problems In A Localis...
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Philippine Politics : Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Regional Studies, Political Ideologies / Democracy, World / Asian
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, Political Science
Author: Lynn T. White III
Item Length: 9.5 in
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Ser.
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
