TY  - GEN
AU  - Valdehuesa, Manuel E., Jr.
TI  - Trapo governance and the cha cha conspiracy: : more power to those in power, none for the people 
SN  - 9789711902209
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Mandaluyong City, Philippines
PB  - Cacho
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1990-
N1  - Includes index; Prologue: homecoming shock -- Pending questions, system malfunctions -- Our nominal democracy -- Where it all began: the barangay -- Governing without a sense of propriety -- Even one can make a difference -- National problems begin as local issues -- Failure of autonomy: why coup attempts persist -- Failure of autonomy: why people feel shut out -- Forging solidarity and political will -- The grassroots: wellspring of sovereignty (Marcos knew it but did it wrong -- The principle of subsidiarity -- An inverted pyramid reconfigured -- The parliament-in-waiting -- The little prime minister -- Reform in small but steady doses: the bottom-up approach -- Why not barangay inc?: the communitarian approach to development -- Capitalizing local development -- Do we need values education? -- Assertive sovereignty
ER  -