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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: Airports, Buses, Internet Cables, and the Local and National Politics in the Philippines
Description: What can airports, busses, and submarine internet cables tell us about the local and national politics in the Philippines? And how do they position the country within the broader regional and global geopolitical struggles over economic development and political influence? Listen to John Sidel as he talks to Petra Alderman about the political economy of transport, telecommunications, and infrastructure in the Philippines, the different monopolies, oligopolies and cartels that characterise them, and their geopolitical significance to China, Japan and the United States.John Sidel is Sir Patrick Gillam Chair in International and Comparative Politics at the London S...