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Philippines Pork Barrel Scam and Contending Ideologies of Accountability
OUPblog
Oxford University Press
11/06/2014
Abstract
When Benigno Aquino III was elected Philippine President in 2010, combating entrenched corruption was uppermost on his projected reform agenda. Hitherto, it has been unclear what the full extent and nature of reform ambitions of his administration might be. The issue has now been forced by ramifications from whistleblowers’ exposure of an alleged US$224 scam involving discretionary funds by Congress representatives. Fallout has already put some prominent Senators in the hot seat, but will deeper and more systemic reforms follow?
Details
- Title
- Philippines Pork Barrel Scam and Contending Ideologies of Accountability
- Authors/Creators
- Garry Rodan - Murdoch University, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication Details
- OUPblog
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005617458907891
- Copyright
- © 2014 Oxford University Press
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Resource Type
- Blog
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