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

Raquiza

JOURNAL ARTICLE

2014. "Changing configuration of Philippine capitalism." Philippine Political Science Journal 35 (2): 225–50. 

1997.  "Philippine Feminist Politics: Disunity in Diversity." In Philippine Democracy Agenda Vol. 3: Civil Society Making Civil Society, edited by Miriam Coronel Ferrer, 171-186. Quezon City: Third World Studies Center.

ESSAYS

2022. "Higher education in the 'next normal'." OpinYon, 14–20 February, 4.
2021. "Philippines - US Relations in a Biden administration and the Changing Global Order.” Paper presented at the forum, "The New US Administration and Perpsectives for Southeast Asia and the Philippines" organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines Office and held on 27 August 2021.
2020. "Higher education in the 'next normal'." Inquirer.Net. 7 September.

2019. "A defining moment for PH maritime interestsInquirer.Net. 13 June.

2018. “The Philippine Growth Momentum and Contentious Politics.” In 2017 Manila Conference Proceedings: Regulation and Governance in the Philippines: Development Policy Challenges for the New Administration, pp 19–21. The ANU Philippines Project, Australian National University.
2016. ASEAN and the Belt and Road Policy Initiative: Prospects and Challenges. Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress, 1 March. 
2016. The Silk Belt Road, 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Regional Connectivity [interview]. Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress, 22 February.
2010. "Colombia's Land Conflict from a Peace and Development Framework." Conciliation Resources, August 31. 

BOOK

2012. State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economy Development in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines. Routledge. 

BOOK CHAPTERS

2023. "The Changing Nature of Philippine Conglomerates from a Political Economy Perspective." In Philippine Conglomerates And Inclusive Development: Tracking A Unique Trajectory In Asia, edited by Philamer C Torio, Rodolfo P Ang and Imelda Deinla. World Scientific Publishing Company. (Forthcoming).
2023. "New Industrial Development Path Based on IT Service Business in the Case of the Philippines." In Base of the Pyramid and Business Process Outsourcing Strategies: In the Age of SDGs, edited by Takabumi Hayashi, Hiroshi Hoshino and Yoshie Hori, 161-170. Singapore: Springer.
2019. "Anticorruption Campaigns, Regime Change, and the Proprietary Polity: The Philippine Case." In The Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia, edited by Cheng Chen and Meredith L. Weiss, 23–48. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
2017. "Philippine Services Sector: Domestic Policy and Global Markets." In Southeast Asia Beyond Crises and Traps: Economic Growth and Upgrading, edited by Boo Teik Khoo, Keiici Tsunekawa, and Motoko Kawano, 225–249. Palgrave Macmillan.
2015. "The BPO Industry and the Philippine Trade in Services: Boon or Bane?" In The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia, edited by Bart Lambregts, Niels Beerepoot, and Robert C. Kloosterman, 46–59. Routledge.  Read a brief excerpt

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • M.A. in Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • B.A. in Journalism, University of the Philippines Diliman

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Political economy of late development
  • Governance and development policies
  • Comparative political institutions
  • Globalization and international political economy
  • Identity politics and conflict studies

COURSES HANDLED

  • AS 255.2  Politics and Governance of Southeast Asia
  • AS 255.1  Social and Economic Development in Southeast Asia
  • AS 253  Readings on Southeast Asia
  • AS 203  Nationalism and National Development
  • AS 201  Modern Asia
  • PS 233  Issues in Philippine Development