Communal intimacy and the violence of politics : understanding the war on drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines /

Communal intimacy and the violence of politics : understanding the war on drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jensen, Steffen, author.
Imprint:	Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xviii, 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Violence -- Social aspects -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Violence -- Political aspects -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Drug control -- Political aspects -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Law enforcement -- Political aspects -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Police-community relations -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Poor -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area -- Social conditions. Social conflict -- Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area. Drug control -- Political aspects. Law enforcement -- Political aspects. Police-community relations. Politics and government. Poor -- Social conditions. Social conditions. Social conflict. Violence -- Political aspects. Violence -- Social aspects. Manila Metropolitan Area (Philippines) -- Social conditions. Philippines -- Politics and government -- 21st century. Philippines. Philippines -- Manila Metropolitan Area.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12799205

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Other authors / contributors:	Hapal, Karl, 1987- author.
ISBN:	9781501762765 1501762761 9781501762772 150176277X 9781501762789 9781501762796
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Explores the war on drugs in the Philippines from below. Rather than seeking to understand the motivations of Duterte's drug war, we explore how it folded itself into communal and intimate spheres in one Manila neighborhood, Bagong Silang"--
Other form:	Online version: Jensen, Steffen. Communal intimacy and the violence of politics Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501762789

Table of Contents:

Communal intimacy and the violence of politics in Manila
Intimacy, policing and violent politics in Bagong Silang
Police violence and corruption in the war on drugs and before
The violent production of urban divides
Community activism and the violence of politics
Fraternity denied
War on ... Leaving Bagong Silang.