The Philippines : from "people power" to democratic backsliding /

The Philippines : from "people power" to democratic backsliding /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thompson, Mark R., 1960- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	77 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in Southeast Asia, 2515-298X Cambridge elements. Politics and society in Southeast Asia.
Subject:	Democracy -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century. Democracy -- Philippines -- History -- 21st century. Power (Social sciences) -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century. Power (Social sciences) -- Philippines -- History -- 21st century. Democracy. Politics and government. Power (Social sciences) Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1986- Philippines. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13317599

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ISBN:	9781009398480 1009398482 9781009398466 9781009398459
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-77).
Summary:	"This Element explores how in the Philippines a "whiggish" narrative of democracy and good governance triumphing over dictatorship and kleptocracy after the "people power" uprising against Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1986 was upended by strongman Rodrigo R. Duterte three decades later. Portraying his father's authoritarian rule as a "golden age," Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. succeeded Duterte by easily winning the 2022 presidential election, suggesting democratic backsliding will persist. A structuralist account of the inherent instability of the country's oligarchical democracy offers a plausable explanation of repeated crisis but underplays agency. Strategic groups have pushed back against executive aggrandizement. Offering a "structuration" perspective, presidential power and elite pushback are examined as is the reliance on political violence and the instrumentalization of mass poverty. These factors have recurrently combined to lead to the fall, restoration, and now steep decline of democracy in the Philippines"--Back cover.
Other form:	ebook version : 9781009398466

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Recurring crises of patronage democracy
3. Nationalizing localized political violence
4. Deflecting from mass poverty
5. Conclusion
References.