Duterte’s authoritarian tendencies cannot be plainly framed as symptomatic of the changing times. His exercise of democracy, that is occasionally illiberal, is a product of the confluence of three …
WHY MODI FEELS LIKE CHÁVEZ BY SANTOSH K. DIGAL @ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, DILIMAN
Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chávez and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi belong to two different generations, contexts, and continents. They were reared in very different social, cultural, …
Removal of Chief Justice Sereno, Slippery Slope or a Mere Continuation of the Politicized Judiciary? By Hannah Frances C. Bodegon @University of the Philippines-Diliman
On May 12, eight justices namely Teresita de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Samuel Martires, Noel Tijam, Andres Reyes, and Alexander Gesmundo voted in favor to remove …
Nicaragua’s April 19 Movement – the End of Daniel Ortega’s Presidency? By Hannah Frances C. Bodegon @ University of the Philippines-Diliman
In mid-April, a spate of protests led by students around the cities of Nicaragua, starting in the capital city of Managua, erupted over President Ortega’s social security reform. Such reform …
Conveying Democracy in Kenya: An Attempt to Discourse Analysis by Michelle Sto. Tomas @ University of the Philippines, Diliman
Kenya has been under authoritarianism for quite some years now and still prevalent under the presidency of Uhuru Kenyatta. Authoritarianism, in Kenya’s case, seems to have resulted into a domino …
In Indonesia’s 2019 Election, Democracy Stands at the Crossroads by Michael Manangu @ University of the Philippines, Diliman
On April 17, 2019, Indonesia will hold its presidential and local elections simultaneously for the first time in history. The presidential election will likely be a rematch of 2014, a highly …
Why the Philippines Should Draw Lessons from South Korean Democracy by Patricia Villa @ University of the Philippines, Diliman
To what extent should impeachments be exercised in democracies? South Korea and the Philippines offer two opposing answers. In a Washington Post op-ed, Christian Caryl argued that South Korea had …
Countering Media Hegemony: The Perspective of Propaganda by Michelle Sto. Tomas @ University of the Philippines, Diliman
The purpose of hegemony of Antonio Gramsci to originally create discourse on the domination of the ruling elites to preserve power and control has evolved to how mass media have been used …