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President Rodrigo Duterte and the War on Drugs

Fear and Loathing in the Philippines

William N Holden author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:15th Oct '21

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President Rodrigo Duterte and the War on Drugs cover

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 that the war on drugs, which 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.

ISBN: 9781793604408

Dimensions: 229mm x 159mm x 22mm

Weight: 621g

262 pages