President Rodrigo Duterte and the war on drugs : fear and loathing in the Philippines / William N. Holden.

By:

Holden, William N, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.Description: xviii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781793604408

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

DS 686.616.D88

Summary: Since his election in 2016, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has directed a brutal anti-drug campaign rife with extrajudicial killings. Interpreting the war on drugs through the conceptual frameworks of penal populism, noble cause corruption, revanchism, and state terrorism. William N. Holden argues the war on drugs has failed to achieve its purpose, follows trends of authoritarian populism, and overlooks a more pressing social issue the vulnerability of the Philippines to climate change.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Filipiniana	HRVVMC Library	DS 686.616.D88 H65 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Since his election in 2016, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has directed a brutal anti-drug campaign rife with extrajudicial killings. Interpreting the war on drugs through the conceptual frameworks of penal populism, noble cause corruption, revanchism, and state terrorism. William N. Holden argues the war on drugs has failed to achieve its purpose, follows trends of authoritarian populism, and overlooks a more pressing social issue the vulnerability of the Philippines to climate change.

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