Marcos Against the Church: Economic Development and Political Repression in the Philippines

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by  Robert Youngblood

MARCOS AGAINST
THE CHURCH

MARCOS AGAINST
THE CHURCH
Economic Development
and Political Repression
in the Philippines
ROBERT L. YOUNGBLOOD
Cornell University Press
Ithaca and London
Copyright © 1990 by Cornell University
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First published 1990 by Cornell University Press.
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Contents
Tables ix
Preface xi
Abbreviations xvii
1 Introduction 1
2 Development and Political Order in the Philippines 10
3 "Ideology," Structure, and Opposition in the New Society 35
4 From Social Action to Liberation 65
5 Militarization and the Churches 101
6 Political Detainees in the Philippines 138
7 The "Revolution from the Center" and the Philippine Churches 172
Index 205

Tables
1. Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 1971 and 1982 44
2. Philippine defense expenditures, 1972-82 45
3. Military raids on church establishments after 1972 115
4. Penalties for rebellion, insurrection, and sedition 145
5. Human rights violations in the Philippines, 1977-84 153
6. Selected indicators of economic progress under martial law, 1972 and
1980 178
7. Distribution of family income, 1971-81 180