Gravitating political capital on the geo‐social divide

Duterte's populisms, electoral craft, and the “Imagined Spatiality

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ID6040335
AuthorsJayson Troy F Bajar (0000-0002-6894-453X, National Dong Hwa University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume14
Issue1
Pages43-66
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12617
OpenAlexW4206931646
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

Current research suggests a disparity in identifying which critical themes in the political rhetoric of Duterte advantageously framed him as an appealing candidate. Structuration theory was borrowed to understand Duterte populism as being able to harness influences on individual agency and structural factors. The main thesis of this article proposes that Duterte created an “imagined spatiality” situating Filipino voters (agency) within geo‐social positions (structure) through his electoral craft gravitating on “geo‐social divide.” Using ethnographic‐content analysis, Duterte's rhetoric was studied not only focusing on his peculiar style but, at the same time, how it articulated “imagined spatiality” to cast his persona as the champion of the (marginalized) Bisayan. When put together, one can fully grasp how Duterte materializes imagined spatiality through codes that can be revealed intertextually, just as this study uncovers them with the use of structuration theory

Agency (philosophy · Art · Champion · Craft · Ethnography · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Populism · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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