202 Artisans, 5 Arugay, Aries A., 105 The Asia Foundation (TAF), 163 Rapid Field Appraisal (11th), 165, 170 Asian Drama: An Inquiry Into the Poverty of Nations, 35 Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), 56 Athens, 3, 5, 7-8 Atienza, Maria Ela L. 109 Aurora, 69, 71 Australia, viii, 5, 122 Australian Agency for International Development, 165 Authoritarian regime into a “consolidated democracy” transition, 104 Authorities, 7, 10 Automated Election System (AES), 56-57, 187 Automatic appropriation for the payment of the foreign debts, 126-127 Automation Project, 25, 50, 86 Average turnover rates for governors, top 20 and lowest 20 provinces, 72 Aviation Security Command, 97 Award for Continuing Excellence, 166 B Bailey, Kenneth D., 19 Ballots, 58 Baltazar, Francisco, 27 Banat vs. COMELEC, 78 Banausikos See Artisans Bantay Dagat (protection of coastal areas), 178 Barangay Administration and Training Manual (BATMAN), 179 Barangay Bayan Governance Consortium, 179 Basilan, 52, 54, 72-73, 86-87 Bataan, 62, 71-73 Batanes, 68, 72-73, 87 Batangas, 48, 62, 65, 72 Batasan Pambansa complex (House of Representatives building complex), 86 BATMAN See Barangay Administration and Training Manual Bayan Muna, 78, 155 Bayan muna vs. COMELEC, 78 Bayer, Resat, 20, 22 Baylon, Ferdinand C., 109 BBC See Bishop Businessmen Conference BCBG, 179 Chasing the Wind: Assessing Philippine Democracy Bedol, Lintang, Atty., Maguindanao COMELEC election supervisor, 86 Benguet, 63, 70, 72-73, 87 Bernhard, Michael, 20, 22 Bibingka See Filipino rice cake Bibingka model, 179 Bicameral congress, 112 Biliran, 69, 87 Binay, Jejomar, Makati City Mayor, 87 Bishop Businessmen Conference (BBC), 30 BLGF See Bureau of Local Government Finance Blogs, 149 BM et al vs. COMELEC, 78 Bobbio, Norberto, 9 Bogaards, Matthijs, 19-20 Bohol, 70-71, 87, 166 Boix, Carles, 22, 183, 190 Bollen, Kenneth A., 19-20 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 110 Borras, Saturnino “Jun,” 179 Brahim, Sahara P., 46 Brazil, viii Brillantes, Alex, 165 Britain, 3, 15 Budd, Eric, 100 Budget, power over the, 114-15, 127 BUHAY, 78 Bukidnon, 87 Bulacan, 62, 71-72, 166 BUNGOs (Business NGOs), 142 Bureau of Internal Revenue, 68 Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), 169, 171 Bureaucracy, 6 “Bureaucratic aristocracy,” 119 Burma, iv C Cabacungan, Gil C. Jr., 86 Cadiz Constitution (1812), 95 Caesar, Julius, 110 Cagayan, 54 Calimbahin, Cleo, 48, 86 Camarines Norte, 71-72 Camarines Sur, 54, 65 Camiguin, 67, 69, 87 Camp Aguinaldo, 98 Camp Crame, 98 Canada, viii, 122 Canadian International Development Agency, 165 Caoili, Olivia C., 97