The Curious Case of the Duterte Presidency: Turning the Demos Against Democracy?

Carmina Yu Untalan ()
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Carmina Yu Untalan: Osaka University

Development, 2017, vol. 60, issue 3, 168-173

Abstract: Abstract This article explores how ‘communicative abundance’ undermines democracy in the Philippines, where insulting and excluding fellow citizens are confused with actual political participation. Intentionally or not, the circulation of messages empowers the establishment rather than the people. However, glum the situation seems, there is still a hope for the demos to reclaim democracy back as their own.

Keywords: Duterte; Democracy; Social media; Populism; Philippines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/s41301-018-0149-6

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