Bureaucracy in the Philippines - Book Review

Book Review The Bureaucracy in the Philippines Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz ------------------------------------------------- Institute of Public governing: University of the Philippines, 1957. 268 pp. This book is about the administrative history of the bureaucratism in the Philippines. It spans from the 1560s when Spain undertook to administer the affairs of the natives of the archipelago to the 1950s when the Filipinos assumed the responsibleness of self- giving medication. The author presented the significant phases in the evolution of our administrative setup to identify the important characteristics of the current form and functions of the civil help of the Philippine government. In Chapter 1, Dr. Corpuz described the native life of the inhabitants onwards the arrival of the Spaniards. These inhabitants were not strangers to progress and civilization. Although the pre-Spanish Filipinos were in a responsibility of cultural maturity, it was maturity at a low level. It was a stage of cultural inadequacy based on an one-time(a) and simple framework. The author briefly discussed the transition of the Philippine bureaucracy from the time that were still a colony of opposed nations to the time that the Philippines became an independent republic.

The author reconstructed, in Chapter 2, the setting in which Spains colonial bureaucracy appeared around the middle of the sixteenth century. The author also described how the Spanish colonial government organized the colony in Filipinas. Also discussed was the expedition headed by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 21 November 1564, how his peaceful diplomacy won the inscription of many subjects and the establishment of Manila as a urban center and Legazpis capital. Chapter 3 discussed the two concepts on how bureaucracy may be viewed: (1) as an organization or apparatus; (2) as a collection of individual bureaucrats, placing more emphasis on the 2nd concept of bureaucracy the realities of bureaucratic behaviour. The... If you want to look at a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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