A Duterte Reader
eBook - ePub

A Duterte Reader

Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte's Early Presidency

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Duterte Reader

Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte's Early Presidency

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. We Need to Talk About Rody
  3. Was Duterte’s Rise Inevitable?
  4. Who Supports Rodrigo Duterte?
  5. Rodrigo Duterte: A Fascist Original
  6. Dutertismo, Maoismo, Nasyonalismo
  7. The Mindanaoan President
  8. Hide the Looking Glass: Duterte and the Legacy of American Imperialism
  9. Duterte’s ā€œWar on Drugsā€: The Securitization of Illegal Drugs and the Return of National Boss Rule
  10. Murder as Enterprise: Police Profiteering in Duterte’s War on Drugs
  11. A Mandate for Mass Killings?: Public Support for Duterte’s War on Drugs
  12. Celebrity Politics and Televisual Melodrama in the Age of Duterte
  13. The Rise of Trolls in the Philippines (And What We Can Do About It)
  14. Queering Rodrigo Duterte
  15. Duterte’s Other War: The Battle for EDSA People Power’s Memory
  16. Who Will Burn Duterte’s Effigy?
  17. Engaging Duterte: That Space in Between Populism and Pluralism
  18. Epilogue
  19. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
  20. INDEX