The book “Politics and Governance in Urban Southeast Asia,” edited by Edward Aspinall, Allen Hicken, Paul D. Hutchcroft, and Meredith L. Weiss, is out now through the NUS Press.
Professor Rosalie-Arcala Hall of the Political Science Cluster, Division of Social Sciences and Executive Director of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS), University of the Philippines contributed a chapter on Iloilo City to this volume. The chapter is entitled “Iloilo City: Managing the margins in infrastructure development.”
You may get a copy through the following link: https://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/politics-and-governance-in-urban-southeast-asia?_pos=3&_sid=b5d690408&_ss=r
Book Blurb:
Why have some Southeast Asian cities become laboratories of reform while others remain mired in old patterns of patronage politics and substandard services? This has become an important question now that over half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in urban areas, transforming the politics of the region. Quintessentially urban problems—traffic congestion, sanitation, public transport, housing and the like—increasingly preoccupy policymakers, while the region’s swelling urban middle classes expect their mayors and city governments to provide ever-better infrastructure and amenities. Drawing on close case studies of a diverse set of 17 urban areas across four Southeast Asian countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand—this volume offers fresh insights into how the region’s urban politics are changing. It provides a new framework for understanding why some cities are flourishing and others are not. Exploring the factors that shape distinct local governance regimes in these cities, the volume also throws light on how urban residents use community associations, informal networks, and other political mechanisms to access the public services they want and need.
