Quezon's City: Corruption and contradiction in Manila's prewar suburbia, 1935–1941
2017; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0022463416000497
ISSN1474-0680
Autores Tópico(s)Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
ResumoQuezon City was founded in 1939 as a planned city and envisioned as the future capital of the Philippines, which was anticipating its independence in a few years. Led by President Manuel Quezon, Philippine politicians conferred upon the city narratives of nationhood and social justice to make it the best spatial representation of a nation-in-waiting. However, underneath these state-centric ideologies was the authoritarianism of the Quezon regime, which used urban politics to centralise power. But far from being a symbol of the President's undisputed dominance, Quezon City's inherent contradictions became weak points in the city's official narrative.
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