The Philippines 2017

Duterte-led authoritarian populism and its liberal-democratic roots

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9331178
AutoresBonn Juego (0000-0001-9894-0129, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen28
Fecha de publicación2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaASIA MAIOR The Journal of the Italian think tank on Asia founded by Giorgio Borsa in 1989 (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2385-2526 • E-ISSN: 2612-6680
EditorialViella srl (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.52056/9788833130453/06
OpenAlexW2896593895
ISBN9788833130453
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas2

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte led a phenomenal campaign to win the 2016 national election.During his first two years in power Duterte has become the protagonist and exemplar of a key new development -the social formation of a regime of authoritarian populism.Based on an analysis of news reports, public debates, survey results, and official policy documents from 2017, the article examines various features of this emergent regime and then illuminates the historical-institutional mechanisms that brought it about.The inquiry is predicated on an understanding that the old EDSA Republic's liberal-democratic regime has been marked by intractable socio-economic crises since its installation in 1986.This triggered different political tendencies and trajectories that Duterte has been able to mould into a new mode of regulation and governance.The central discussion elucidates some of the significant features that constitute the process through which the new regime of authoritarian populism is taking shape.The conclusion highlights the mutually reinforcing features of the dying EDSA-type liberal democracy and the emerging Duterte-led authoritarian populism.This suggests that the former has been a spawning ground for the latter.* The different parts, ideas and arguments in this article have been presented and discussed in various forums and seminars since 2016 in the cities of Helsinki, Copenhagen, Tampere, Osaka, Stockholm, Vienna, and Oslo, as well as in a number of international media outlets.I thank the organizers and participants of these events, as well as my social media friends, for relevant discussions.I also thank the editors of Asia Maior and the two referees for their important suggestions and critical comments

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Law · Philippine History and Culture