Wataru Kusaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 5643600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wataru Kusaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wataru |
| FAMILY NAME | Kusaka |
| SIGNATURE | KUSAKA W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nagoya University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rise of “Business-Friendly” Local Elite Rule in the Philippines
This paper aims to explain why reform-oriented local politics has gained ground in the Philippines. It has been argued that local politics in the Philippines is characterized by dynastic elites who employ a patron–client relationship, exploitive rent-seeking, and coercion and violence. However, a more reform-oriented local politics has emerged in many parts of the country since around the 2000s. What is the driver for the rise of reform-oriented …
The Arts of Everyday Peacebuilding
While armed conflict has occurred since around 1970 in the Southern Philippines, ordinary people of different faiths have cohabited as neighbors, lovers, and families. Why are ordinary Muslims and Christians able to create and maintain everyday peace although they have suffered from the conflicts and the state’s initiatives for peace have not yet been realized? After noting limitations of peacebuilding efforts by the state and nongovernment organ…
Moral Politics in the Philippines
Soon Chuan Yean. Tulong
between the many laudable actions monks have undertaken, such as spearheading relief efforts after Nargis devastated the Delta and defying the military during the "Saffron Revolution," and the hateful rhetoric and incitements to violence monks have unleashed upon Muslims.Brac de la Perrire notes that there is no contradiction: monks, whose prestigious position was assured during the years of military rule, are uneasy about what the democratic tra…
Moral Politics in the Philippines
Aporia in Philippine Civil Society
This paper analyzes moral conflicts between the middle class and the poor in Philippine politics through a discursive construction of the “we/they” consciousness. These moral conflicts have not been explored in earlier studies, which either regard the middle class and civil society as democratic factors or examine class conflicts solely in terms of interest distribution. This paper provides an analytical framework that explains the construction o…
Aporia in Philippine Civil Society
This paper analyzes moral conflicts between the middle class and the poor in Philippine politics through a discursive construction of the “we/they” consciousness. These moral conflicts have not been explored in earlier studies, which either regard the middle class and civil society as democratic factors or examine class conflicts solely in terms of interest distribution. This paper provides an analytical framework that explains the construction o…
Soon Chuan Yean. Tulong
between the many laudable actions monks have undertaken, such as spearheading relief efforts after Nargis devastated the Delta and defying the military during the "Saffron Revolution," and the hateful rhetoric and incitements to violence monks have unleashed upon Muslims.Brac de la Perrire notes that there is no contradiction: monks, whose prestigious position was assured during the years of military rule, are uneasy about what the democratic tra…
Moral Politics in the Philippines
Moral Politics in the Philippines
The Arts of Everyday Peacebuilding
While armed conflict has occurred since around 1970 in the Southern Philippines, ordinary people of different faiths have cohabited as neighbors, lovers, and families. Why are ordinary Muslims and Christians able to create and maintain everyday peace although they have suffered from the conflicts and the state’s initiatives for peace have not yet been realized? After noting limitations of peacebuilding efforts by the state and nongovernment organ…
Rise of “Business-Friendly” Local Elite Rule in the Philippines
This paper aims to explain why reform-oriented local politics has gained ground in the Philippines. It has been argued that local politics in the Philippines is characterized by dynastic elites who employ a patron–client relationship, exploitive rent-seeking, and coercion and violence. However, a more reform-oriented local politics has emerged in many parts of the country since around the 2000s. What is the driver for the rise of reform-oriented …
Philippine History and Culture (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Elite (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)