A Study On The Relationship Between The Political Clans And Democracy Of Philippines After Independence

The Philippines was a colony of Spain and the United States in its long history before independence.During the period of Spanish rule,the colonial policy of "ruling the Philippines with the Philippines" was carried out.Thus the original upper leaders of the Philippines were wooded back by the colonists,and these upper leaders of the Balangei gradually developed into local political elites.After the United States replaced the colonial rule of Spain and carried out the policy of "Philippinzation",so the powerful political families of the Philippines was further developed.At the same time,the Americans introduced American democracy into the Philippines,and the local political elite in the Philippines was able to participate in politics in accordance with the mode of operation of the American democracy.After the independence of the Philippines in 1946,the colonial forces of the United States withdrew from the Philippines.The Philippine political family filled the "blank" of the central institution caused by the withdrawal of colonial forces,and gradually developed from the control of local power to the monopoly of state power.The Philippine political family and the American democracy combine to form the Filipino characteristic "family politics".However,after decades of development,Philippine democracy — the window of American democracy in Asia — has proved to be a failure.By analysing the two important elements in the operation of the so-called democratic politics in the Philippines,and the interactive process between the political families and democratic politics,and exploring the interaction between the two.The study reveals that in essence,it is not wise for the Philippines to accept the democratic system of the United States,regardless of its own national conditions and traditional political culture.In conclusion,the operation of democratic system in the Philippines is essentially controlled by the political families.The first part briefly summarizes the general situation of the Philippine political families after independence: first of all,from the economic point of view,it analyzes the economic source and economic strength of the Philippine political families after independence;Secondly,it summarizes the political ecology of the Philippine political families after independence,including a brief introduction of some famous Philippine political families,as well as the analysis of the political strength of the political families from the local aspects to the national overall level.The second part historically combs the historical development of democratic politics in the Philippines after independence: the political development in the experimental period of democracy(1946-1972),including the Osmina period,the Rojas period,the Tyrino period and the Macseille period.the Garcia period;authoritarian politics during the Marcos dictatorship(1972-1986),including the establishment of the Marcos dictatorship and the collapse of the Marcos political dynasty;and the restoration and development of democracy in the Philippines since Corazon Aquino,including the restoration of democracy in the Philippines during the Aquino period and the development of democracy in the Philippines since Aquino.On the basis of the previous overview,the third part further discusses the relationship between the two(political families and democratic politics),the interdependence between political families and democratic politics:political families control and make use of the operation mode of democratic politics to direct family politics(political families manipulate political election,political families monopolize administrative power,political families’ power is handed down from generation to generation,political families weaken party system);At the same time,the integration of democratic politics into political families also has many important effects on political families,which are manifested in two aspects: order and disorder.From the aspect of order,the political families takes turns taking power,which is manifested as the birth of the president of the political families at the national level at the central level,and the local political families holds the local power at the local level.In terms of disorder,the struggle between the political families is cruel,which is related to the long history of familialism and asylum in the Philippines.The fourth part analyzes the mutual restriction relationship between political families and democratic politics after independence,which is manifested in the fact that political families have many negative effects on democratic politics: political struggle and political liquidation prevail.Political instability occurs frequently in coups d’é tat,corruption among elites prevails,party organizations are weakened,and political violence enmity prevails.At the same time,this mutual restriction is also manifested in many difficulties faced by the Philippine political families in new era: the emergence of non-governmental organizations and the middle class,and the political fertilizer distribution system has aroused dissatisfaction among the Filipino people.And the global failure of the political elites.After the independence of the Philippines in 1946 and decades of development,the Philippine is full of many problems and contradictions in many aspects,such as society,politics,economy and so on.This proves that it is unwise and undesirable to forcibly transfer western-style democracy regardless of national conditions and local political and cultural traditions.Philippine political families have to face to a lot of dilemmas and challenges when they deal with many international and domestic problems and design the prospect of Philippine democracy in new era.