Platforming populism
The services transition, precarious urbanization, and digital platforms in the rise of illiberal populism in the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12913614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerik Cruz (0000-0002-8215-522X, Ateneo de Manila University, corresponding author), Eloiza Gabriel da Cruz (0009-0000-9015-633X, Ateneo de Manila University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-288 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjres/rsad012 |
| OpenAlex | W4379977932 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 68 |
Existing research on the adverse impact of digital platforms on democratic politics has generally focussed on supply side factors underlying illiberal populism. Yet by reinforcing a services-led growth model of capitalism in the developing world, the platform economy has also been implicated on the demand-side of the global populist upsurge by fostering new insecure classes as well as precarious urbanisation patterns. Through a case study of the rise of Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines’ 2016 elections, we show how our theoretical argument has unfolded in one of the most well-known cases of illiberal populism within the Global South. Even while waging unprecedented disinformation campaigns on social media, the political opportunity structure underlying Duterte’s electoral victory in 2016 was fostered by the growth of ‘rising yet insecure’ classes linked to the Philippines’ services and platform economy, as well as the socio-spatial legacies of the country’s experience of premature deindustrialisation
Capitalism · Democracy · Development economics · Disinformation · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Social media · Sociology · Urbanization · Victory · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Law
The Patchwork City
From Aquino II to Duterte (2010–2018)
The Reputation Economy
Populism and the economics of globalization
Premature deindustrialization
Upgrading strategies for the digital economy
Why Does Globalization Fuel Populism? Economics, Culture, and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Work of the Past, Work of the Future
Inequality and Violent Crime
Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
World Development Report 2019
Deindustrialization in cities of the Global South
The Philippines’ Covid-19 Response
Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope
The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it)
Strong Fans, Weak Campaigns
Narendra Modi and the Power of Television in Gujarat
Loob’ and ‘labas’
Rural–urban migration, inequality and urban social disorder
Rethinking development policy
Moral Politics in the Philippines
State of fragmentation
Structural Inequality in the Philippines Oligarchy, (Im)mobility and Economic Transformation
The Dark Side of Electoralism
Bloodied Democracy
The Ordinary City
Democracy and Prosperity
The Developing World’s “New Middle Classes
Elite Democracy Disrupted
Three Painful Truths About Social Media
Transitions to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands
Populism as a Problem of Social Integration
Survey Experiments in International Political Economy
Spatial analysis of violent crimes in Metro Manila, Philippines
We are Rodrigo Duterte
A Nation on the LineCall Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines
Facing Up to the Democratic Recession
Platform labor
Clientelism
Disciplining Democracy
Flirting with Authoritarian Fantasies? Rodrigo Duterte and the New Terms of Philippine Populism
Understanding the Precariat through Labour and Work
From social distancing to social containment
Forbearance
Mobilized and Polarized
Entrepreneurial Solidarities
Digital Media and the Entrenchment of Right-Wing Populist Agendas
The Rise of the Platform Business Model and the Transformation of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism
Rethinking Comparative Political Economy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |