Balboa, Jenny D. <br/><br/>
Policy innovation in a weak democracy :  AFTA implementation and trade in the Phiippines 1986-1998 / 
Jenny D. Balboa 
 - Quezon City :  Ateneo de Manila University Press,  c2023 
 - xvi, 187 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Neoliberalism: The ideology at the roof of economic reforms -- Chapter 3. Beyond neoliberalism: ASEAN's pragmatism and developmentalism -- Chapter 4. Historical antecendents of the trade reforms: from colonial period to the Marcos era -- Chapter 5. Trade policy and AFTA in the redemocratization years -- Chapter 6. Explaning trade liberation and AFTA accession in the Aquino years -- Chapter 7. Explaining the sustenance of the trade reforms and AFTA in the Ramos years -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index. 
<br/><br/> "This book examines why the Philippine government came to implement trade reforms and accede to AFTA despite impediments. It presents a comprehensive framework for analyzing foreign economic policy by examining the interaction between domestic and international factors." -- Back cover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9786214482191 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ASEAN -- FREE TRADE AGREEMENT<br/>PHILIPPINES -- COMMERCIAL POLICY<br/>PHILIPPINES -- ECONOMIC POLICY<br/>PHILIPPINES -- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS -- 1986 -
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF 1599 .B35 2023