Marriage Policy in the Philippines: A Case Study in Agenda Setting

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Marriage Policy in the Philippines: A Case Study in Agenda Setting

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This thesis asks why there is no legal provision for divorce in the Philippines despite obvious public interest in change in this area of policy. It draws on the public policy theories of Sabatier (1988), Kingdon (1995) and Lukes (1974) in seeking to understand this situation. In so doing it gives attention to questions about the influence of relevant policy actors, the core belief systems behind competing policy positions, the relation of the Catholic Church in this policy issue, the power o...

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Research Paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2009

Creator

Guzman, Emmanuel Avila

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4407

Related subjects

marriage policy / divorce / philippines / agenda setting / multiple streams model / advocacy coalition framework / three faces of power

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