A Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte's Early Presidency

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Nicole Curato
Cornell University Press, Dec 15, 2017 - Political Science - 348 pages

A critical analysis of one of the most media-savvy authoritarian rulers of our time, this collection of essays offers an overview of Duterte’s rise to power and actions of his early presidency. With contributions from leading experts on the society and history of the Phillipines, The Duterte Reader is necessary reading for anyone needing to contextualize and understand the history and social forces that have shaped contemporary Philippine politics.

 

Contents

PREFACE
Was Dutertes Rise Inevitable?
Who Supports Rodrigo Duterte?
A Fascist Original
Dutertismo Maoismo Nasyonalismo
The Mindanaoan President
of American Imperialism
The Securitization
JAYSON S LAMCHEK
The Rise of Trolls in the Philippines And What
JOHN ANDREW G EVANGELISTA
The Battle for EDSA People
Who Will Burn Dutertes Effigy?
That Space in Between
Populism and Pluralism
CARMEL VELOSO ABAO

Police Profiteering

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Nicole Curato holds the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellowship at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. She is the associate editor of Political Studies.

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