Includes index.

The State -- Historical background of the Republic of the Philippines -- Basic principles of government introduced by America in the Philippines -- The Philippines under Martial Law -- The 1973 Constitution of the Philippines -- The Fall of the Marcos dictatorship -- The Revolutionary government -- The 1986 Constitution of the Philippines -- Citizenship -- Suffrage and election -- The Executive power -- The Legislative department -- The Judiciary -- Constitutional commissions -- Local governments -- Public finance -- Political parties -- Foreign relations of the Philippines -- Philippine-American relations

This 1988 revised edition of Philippine government, originally published in 1950, is a modest but nonetheless sincere attempt to provide students of political science with amore or less thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date study and analysis of the form, structure, organization, and workings of the government of the Philippines with emphasis on the changes brought about by the new and innovative provisions of teh 1986 Constitution.