Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-235) and index.
Contents:
Conceptual framework -- The Philippines -- Illegal drugs in the Philippines -- The rise of Duterte -- The war on drugs in the Philippines -- The war on drugs within the conceptual framework -- The response to the war on drugs -- The failure of the war on drugs -- The war on drugs in a changing climate -- Fear and loathing in the age of anger.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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