Full Description
This book argues against the perception of Filipino governance in the 1946-1960s as subservient to the interests of the United States. The author contends that Filipinos after independence in 1946, during the Truman administration, and up to the Kennedy administration, pursued Filipino visions, and shaped destinies to pursue their missions and agendas nationally and transnationally that also dovetailed with the American.
Nation-Building and State-Making During the Filipino Third Republic (1946-1960s) examines the making of the nation-state from the unification of interests stemming from an aversion to communism and neutralism in relation to the Cold War. The Philippines became the moderate Asian bridge between the U.S. and Asia, and transnationally in East and Southeast Asia, to the present day. Key to this discussion is an analysis of the presidency of Ramon Magsaysay and the role of non-elite centric nationalism in shaping the political culture.
Contents
Introduction: Decolonizing the Locating Filipinos as Agents rather than as Puppets
Chapter 1: Taking Responsibility and the Promise and Perils of Independence: Filipino State and Nation-building from the Ground Up, 1946-1948
Chapter 2: Who Holds the Future? Rescuing the Nation-state and the Crisis of Filipino Nation-building, 1948-1951
Chapter 3: In Pursuit of Nation-building: Bridging the Barrios and Manila, 1950s
Chapter 4: Apotheosis of Nation-state Making: The Age of Ramon Magsaysay, 1953-1957
Chapter 5: A Filipino Gorbachev or Obama? How Magsaysay Resurrected the Filipino Nation-state
Chapter 6: Unearthing Agency and Reshaping the Filipino Future: Magsaysay's Unmet Promise, the Aftermath of Magsaysay, and Comparative Transnationalisms beyond 1957 and into the Filipino Future
Conclusion: The Transnational and Comparative Legacies of Nation-building
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