216 Task Force Hope, 86 Tawi-Tawi, 52, 54, 72-73, 87 Tax administration, 193 Taxation powers of Local Government Units (LGUs), 193 Teehankee, Julio C., 48, 88 Thailand, viii, 178 “The final sovereign,” 9 “The people,” 5, 7-8 Theory of fiscal federalism, 162 Thompson, Mark R., 105 Tigno, Jorge, 165 Tilly, Charles, 160 Timberman, David G., 48 Time frame, 17 Toepler, Stefan, 142, 191 “Tongpats,” 116 See also “Kickback” Torrente, Ildefonso, 48 Tradition of protests, 150 Traditions, 9 “Traitors,” xii Transition from authoritarian rule, outcomes, 194-197 Transparency aspects of accountability, 105106, 125, 128 Transparency International, 20, 28 Transport operators, 150 Treaty, 107 Tria Kerkvliet, Benedict J., 100 Tribe, 59 Trillanes, Antonio, Senator, 127 “Triple crisis of governance, economic, climate/environmental change,” 155 Tuazon, Bobby M., 86, 89 U Ubac, Michael Lim, 58 Uganda, viii UN Human Rights Council, 28 UN Millennium Development Goals, 140 See also Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) UNDP See United Nations Development Program Uneducated, 5 Unesco, 15 Report (1951), 15 Unicameral congress, 112 Unified theory of political transition, 23 United Kingdom, 4, 100 United Nations (UN), 15, 122 United Nations Development Program (UNDP), xiv, 26, 88, 122 Chasing the Wind: Assessing Philippine Democracy United States, viii, 3-5, 15, 100, 122 United States Agency for International Development, 165 Urban Development and Housing Act, 150, 192 See also R.A. 7279 US Bases, retention of the, 150 US State Department, 28 V Valenzuela, Arturo, 114 Van Hanen, Tatu, 10, 19-20 Velasco, Renato S., 48, 77 Venezuela, viii Verkuilen, 19-22 “Vertical accountability,” 106, 187 “Veto players,” 148 Veto power, 107 Village, 59 Villar, Manuel B. Jr., Senate President, 87 Virola, Romulo A., 72-73, 88, 140, 147 Volunteerism, civil society extent of, 147 Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, 151 Vote-buying, 56 Vote-padding, 56 Voting, 7 W Websites, 149 Weingast, Barry R. 162 Wejnert, Barbara, 22 Wendt, Alexander, 99 Wetzel, Christian, 9, 19, 44 WGI See World Governance Indicators Whitehead, Laurence, 104 Women's political rights, 5 Workers and peasants, 60 Workers Party, 155 Workers' Associations, Collective Bargaining Agreements (2008-2010), existing, 146 World Bank, xiv, 15, 118, 122 World Bank-Asian Development Bank (ADB), 171, 181, 193 World Governance Indicators (WGI), 27, 122 World War II, 75, 96 Writ of habeas corpus, suspension of the privilege of the, 111-112, 126 Wui, Marlon, 149