Studies about Globalization, Redemocratization and the Philippine Bureaucracy
Abstract: The increasing demands and expectations placed upon the Philippine bureaucracy by a redemocratizing society are further amplified by the strengthening of global institutional pressures emanating from organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. These forces converge to advocate a minimal and more effective government through downsizing, privatization, deregulation, decentralization, harnessing civil society and private sector capacities, empowering citizens, and adopting a customer orientation. These have led to significant changes in the very nature and role of the civil service, how it is managed, and the means by which administrative reform can be achieved.
Executive Summary: The Philippine bureaucracy today is confronted by a plethora of obstacles it has to surmount. Whether from external, global institutional pressures or the increased internal demands placed upon it by a redemocratizing Philippine society, the nature of policy making and implementation of government has to adapt and cope with all of these new issues. With new or stronger pressures comes increasing expectations from the citizenry, despite the limited human and financial resources of government that keep getting stretched to the limit. This study delves into the impact of globalization on the national bureaucracy in the context of redemocratization. These changes are studied as they happen in the national government, with three agencies serving as case studies. Keep reading..
