Includes index. Fabella, R., Faustino, J., Leftwich, A., & Parker, A. (Eds.). (2014). Room for maneuver: Social sector policy reform in the Philippines. Makati City, Philippines: Asia Foundation.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- room for maneuver: synthesis and overview -- Chapter 2: Beyond political economy -- The politics of social sector reform in the Philippines: the analytical framework -- Chapter 3: The Philippine context for social reform -- Chapter 4: The passage of the law to address violence against women in the Philippines -- Chapter 5: The politics of freedom of information bill in the Philippines -- Chapter 6: Structure and agency in contentious reform: reproductive health policy in the Philippines -- Chapter 7: The politics of reform of the Philippine education bureaucratic apparatus -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: the politics of social sector policy reform in the Philippines