Abstract / Excerpt:

Deep in the core of corruption in the Philippine bureaucracy is the phenomenon of fixing, which continues to remain unexplored in anti corruption discourse and intervention. Drawing from the theoretical construct of dark social capital and network analysis, the study establishes how fixers operate and influence the bureaucratic procedures in government, as well as how they reinforce and are being reinforced by bureaucratic corruption. The study also offers a schematic framework on the anatomy of fixing in the Philippines that shows the continuum and dimensions of fixing activities, shifting roles and networks, indigenous terms and signals used in fixing, and various types of fixing that emerge through informal, shadowy and sometimes syndicated networks of fixers. The author duly suggests several recommendations along with vertical reforms and horizontal transformation, as well as areas for further research, to help address the problems of fixing in the Philippines. This study neither offers an illusion that fixing will stop nor takes delight in narrating the stories of those involved in it. Bust as the titles suggests in a double meaning (fixing society), our is a country of fixers and there is a need to fix the problem fixing.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	School of Arts and Sciences
Authors	Amorado, Ronald V.
Page Count	428
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2005
Tags	Dissertations, academic

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