President Rodrigo Duterte and the War on Drugs - Fear and Loathing in the Philippines

Since his election in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has directed a brutal anti-drug campaign. William N. Holden examines the motives and organizational methods of the campaign by analyzing it through conceptual frameworks of penal populism, noble cause corruption, revanchism, and state terrorism.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework
Chapter 2: The Philippines
Chapter 3: Illegal Drugs in the Philippines
Chapter 4: The Rise of Duterte
Chapter 5: The War on Drugs in the Philippines
Chapter 6: The War on Drugs Within the Conceptual Framework
Chapter 7: The Response to the War on Drugs
Chapter 8: The Failure of the War on Drugs
Chapter 9: The War on Drugs in a Changing Climate
Chapter 10: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Anger

About the author

By William N. Holden

Summary

Since his election in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has directed a brutal anti-drug campaign. William N. Holden examines the motives and organizational methods of the campaign by analyzing it through conceptual frameworks of penal populism, noble cause corruption, revanchism, and state terrorism.

Product details

• Authors: William Holden, William N. Holden, Holden William N.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793604408
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-440-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Violence in society, Crime & criminology, Violence & abuse in society