Philippine politics and the Marcos technocrats : the emergence and evolution of a power elite / Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem

Fourth Printing 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Theorizing the rise of the ,arcos Technocrafts -- Chapter 2. The Underpinnings of power: Educational Attainment -- Chapter 4. The Honing of Thechnocratic Expertise: Recruitment into the Business Community -- Chapter 5. Recruitment into Government and the Seal of Power -- Chapter 6. Dominance and Authority in the Arenas of Elite Contention -- Chapter 7. Philippine Technocracy and Glimpse of Pre-Martial Law Politics Segueing into the Martial Law Period (1972-1986) -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

This book traces the rise of technocrats who were part of President Marcos’s pre-martial law administration (1965–1972) and who segued into the martial law regime. It looks into their family and educational backgrounds and how these have shaped and developed the technocratic know-how which made them valuable to local businesses and multinational corporations in the 1950s to the 1960s. This ultimately led to their recruitment into government in the 1960s—a time when the state was increasingly expanding its economic activities in the public sphere. The book shows that precisely on matters of economic policy-making, there was that precarious dynamics between the technocrats on one hand, and a pre-martial law Congress and the business community on the other, both dominated by family economic interests. The book thus hopes to add to the scant existing literature that illustrates how power elites like technocrats transform into important players in policy-making.