Drug War Stories and the Philippine President

Barrera, Dan Jerome

doi:10.1007/s11417-017-9253-x

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“…It is difficult to find space for participation in helping to rehabilitate drug abusers since the policy of the administration is narrowed to policemen and other authorities (Johnson & Fernquest, 2018). Moreover, the government has shown reluctance to helping drug suspects saying that shabu (methamphetamine) addicts cannot be rehabilitated (Barrera, 2017).…”

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“…Scholarly inquiries range from articles asking about 'How Duterte is as a president' (Holmes & Thompson, 2017), how he made a narrative to incite support (Barrera, 2017), how he became a divisive figure (Tigno, 2018), and on how he was waging a quixotic war (Bautista, 2017). Albeit the existence of literature analyzing the Philippine Drug War, to date, no existing study has looked into an individual-level of analysis to investigate what drives the Filipino citizens to support the Philippine Drug War.…”

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Attitude and Behavioral Control: Factors behind Popular Support to Duterte’s Drug War

Mutiarin¹,

Tomaro²,

Almarez³

et al. 2020

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Surveys and polls in the Philippines reveal that there is wide support for President Duterte’s Drug War. This study investigates why Filipinos support President Duterte’s Drug War Strategy. This paper advances the Theory of Planned Behavior by testing the extent to which Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Behavioral Control affect the intention of a young Filipino to support the Drug War strategy. A self-reported questionnaire survey was conducted to 197 Filipinos enrolled in four universities in Cebu City, Philippines. Linear Regression analysis and Structural Equation Modelling were employed in analyzing the gathered data with the aid of SPSS and Smart PLS. The results of the study reveal that Attitude and Perceived Behavioral Control are the main factors behind the youth’s support to President Duterte’s Drug War. This implies that strategic intervention in transforming people’s attitudes and facilitating the ease in showing support to the activities linked to the drug war are key foci to sustain if not increase, people’s support to the drug war policy.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Attitude and Behavioral Control: Factors behind Popular Support to Duterte’s Drug War

Mutiarin¹,

Tomaro²,

Almarez³

et al. 2020

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“…While the anti-drug rhetoric is not new, Duterte heightened the alarm by way of an apocalyptic narrative. Put together, Duterte's public anti-drug diatribes consist of the following: (1) shabu is the vilest of drugs; (2) it shrinks the brains of users; (3) users are no longer humans; (4) drug users commit petty offenses and heinous crimes, such as the rape of children; (5) addicts are not viable for rehabilitation; and (6) drug personalities should be killed (see Barrera, 2017).…”

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Overcoming and Penalizing Precarity: Narratives of Drug Personalities Arrested in the Philippine War on Drugs

Gutierrez

2022

Critical Sociology

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The article problematizes state penality as a mechanism of repression of precarious workers through a war on drugs in the Philippines. The narratives of 27 arrested ‘drug personalities’ in Metro Manila tell of how methamphetamine energizes bodies and motivates minds for productive work. Bidding to be classified as willing and able workers and family men, the study’s participants orient to a moral stratification that pits the ‘moral versus immoral’ and the ‘hardworking versus lazy’. Qualifying their drug use as strategic and calculated, they uphold the neoliberal values of individual choice and accountability. Their support for the anti-drug campaign stems from their recognition of a drug problem and the socioemotional toll of the dysfunctions of living in the slums. While trade liberalization facilitates methamphetamine inflow, a war on drugs fuels an authoritarian populism. As the state reaffirms symbolic mission to protect its citizens, it blames precarity to a problem population.

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“…This disregard for the judiciary led Duterte to openly threaten the Supreme Court with declaring martial law if it interfered with him (Barrera 2017). Furthermore, he has openly supported the policy of shooting suspects, and even confessed he used to shoot suspects himself when he was Mayor of Davao (Holmes 2016).…”

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The Relevance of Criminal Courts in the Global South

Ciocchini¹

2017

Laws

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Abstract:The literature on comparative law has a long and robust tradition, but studies comparing courts and judicial systems are scarce. Comparative studies in the Global South, following Shapiro's institutional approach, have aimed to measure the involvement of courts in politics by assessing the power of the judiciary in society, the level of judicial independence, and their role in the context of the judicialization of politics. The focus was on the high courts, including either Constitutional or Supreme Courts. Criminal courts have not received similar attention despite the influence of their everyday decisions on people's lives and their perception of the judicial system. This article argues that developing a comparative approach for criminal courts in the Global South is needed to help understand the role they play in the development of the rule of law and democratic life. This comparative study helps understand the impact of judicial reform programmes in the Global South. These reforms, inspired by a neoliberal paradigm, have focused on improving the efficiency of the courts. The reforms have promoted managerial techniques detrimental to the standards of due process. Any assessment of the impact of the reforms on the courts in the Global South should start by recognising the widely differing settings under which they operate. This context is characterised by serious economic constraints, such as a lack of material and human resources, and a democratic deficit legacy from the past authoritarian regimes, including widespread police abuse and corruption. Given this context, the role of the courts in ensuring due process and the legality of police procedures is crucial. The impact of the judicial reforms promoting managerial rationality in recent decades must be analysed. To examine the role courts are playing in criminal matters, two cases were explored where courts have undergone extensive judicial reforms, Argentina and the Philippines.

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Drug War Stories and the Philippine President

Cited by 13 publications

References 25 publications

Attitude and Behavioral Control: Factors behind Popular Support to Duterte’s Drug War

Attitude and Behavioral Control: Factors behind Popular Support to Duterte’s Drug War

Overcoming and Penalizing Precarity: Narratives of Drug Personalities Arrested in the Philippine War on Drugs

The Relevance of Criminal Courts in the Global South

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