Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

'Changing Configuration of Philippine Capitalism' Among Top PPSJ Articles Since 2015

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'Changing Configuration of Philippine Capitalism' by Dr. Antoinette Raquiza of the UP Asian Center was among the "top articles" since 2015 of the Philippine Political Science Journal, according to the journal's news release. The article can be downloaded for free only via the PPSJ website until the end of 2016, as can the others in the list. Below is an abstract of Dr. Raquiza's paper: 

Much analysis of the Philippine political economy takes place without a precise understanding of the shifting contours of the Philippine capitalist class. Yet, to better understand the country's pattern of economic development requires a more finely grained portrait of the country's economic elites. Using Ruth McVey's definition of capitalism “as a system in which the means of production, in private hands, are employed to create a profit, some of which is reinvested to increase profit-generating capacity” (1992, 8), the paper combines an analysis of sectoral development and the country's top business groups' shifting economic interests and investment patterns since the 1980s and argues that over time, domestic capitalism has come to more fully embrace commercial interests. A key factor to this shift is the tremendous growth of overseas workers' remittances and the new opportunities this has provided in the service sector. This changing pattern, in turn, has given rise to distinct business institutions and practices to facilitate capital accumulation in the Philippines.

VIEW and DOWNLOAD THE LIST OF TOP PPSJ ARTICLES SINCE 2015

The list covers articles on, among others, the political economy of labor migration in the Philippines; political dynasties in the Philippines; 'the Philippines in Southeast Asian political studies,'; Filipino behavior in elections as revealed by  data on Twitter; globalization and agriculture in Bohol; and 'Orientalism and the Study of Philippine Politics.' The complete list also includes articles on China's 'ocean development strategy' and 'handling' of the territorial disputes in the South China Sea; and on China and Japan's rivalry in maritime Southeast Asia. 

The Philippine Political Science Journal is published by Taylor and Francis, and is one of the few Thomson Reuters-indexed journals in the Philippines. 

Antoinette R. Raquiza, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, where she teaches Asian studies. She heads the Asian Center’s “Bugkos” research program that examines emerging development patterns, processes, and paradigms, defining Asia and the Philippines in transition. Dr. Raquiza earned her PhD in Political Science at the City University of New York Graduate Center and is the author of State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economic Development: The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines (Routledge 2012). VIEW FULL PROFILE. 

The UP Asian Center offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. The Center offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Get an overview of these programs. The Asian Center also houses a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia. It has published several books and monographs, and hosts or organizes various lectures and conferences.