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@article{ART002990948},
author={Hye-min Rhee},
title={Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development},
journal={Asia Review},
issn={2234-0386},
year={2023},
volume={13},
number={2},
pages={119-155}

TY - JOUR
AU - Hye-min Rhee
TI - Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development
JO - Asia Review
PY - 2023
VL - 13
IS - 2
PB - 아시아연구소
SP - 119
EP - 155
SN - 2234-0386
AB - This study explores how colonial legacy in the political and economic realms affects the economic development of a country after independence. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of the formation of the political and economic elite during the colonial period and the development preference of the elite after independence on the economic development of the country through the analysis of the case of modernization in the Philippines. Colonial governance forms can be largely classified into direct rule and indirect rule. In the classification of governance forms, the important actor is the ‘indigenous elite’, and the extent to which the authority of the indigenous elite is allowed, has a different effect on the formation of elites. The Philippines, which was colonized by the United States following Spain, had a low level of centralization before colonization and was subject to direct rule over the central Manila area and indirect rule over other areas due to its limited resources. Since the indirect rule is a colonial rule within the existing political system, the authority of landlords as indigenous elites has been further strengthened based on political patronage in most areas of the Philippines. The American colonial rule introduced and strengthened the parliamentary system ahead of the bureaucracy politically. By deliberately introducing local elites into the central elite, the local landlord elite emerged as a political-economic elite. As a legacy of colonialism, the formation of elites and institutions influenced the process of economic development after independence based on path dependency. Most local elites responded passively to development to pursue rent-seeking in the status quo, which served as a factor that continued the development of underdevelopment.
KW - Colonial legacy;Elite;Rent-seeking;Development preference;Underdevelopment
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Hye-min Rhee. (2023). Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development. Asia Review, 13(2), 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. 2023, "Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development", Asia Review, vol.13, no.2 pp.119-155.

Hye-min Rhee "Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development" Asia Review 13.2 pp.119-155 (2023) : 119.

Hye-min Rhee. Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development. 2023; 13(2), 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. "Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development" Asia Review 13, no.2 (2023) : 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development. Asia Review, 13(2), 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development. Asia Review. 2023; 13(2) 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development. 2023; 13(2), 119-155.

Hye-min Rhee. "Colonial Legacy and Development of Underdevelopment: Formation of the Philippine Elite and the Path of Economic Development" Asia Review 13, no.2 (2023) : 119-155.