Governing the Other: Exploring the Discourse of Democracy in a Multiverse of Reason
Governing the Other: Exploring the Discourse of Democracy in a Multiverse of Reason
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治理他者:在多元理性中探索民主话语
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2012
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A. M. Rodriguez
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A. M. Rodriguez
Like other developing democracies in the Global South, the current state of electoral democracy in post-1986 Philippines is not an exception: it is mired in deep contradictions, insurmountable challenges, and long-standing instabilities. The view that Philippine electoral democracy is a brilliant achievement by itself for the Filipino people is an utter misnomer: This means that it is profoundly characterized by an unfortunate praxis of rigged electoral processes, a highly elitist capitalist society, a regrettably rotten bureaucracy, a pervasive national sense of cynicism towards matters pertaining to the country’s res publica and a cadre of politicians whose amour de soi over-shadows the much-needed sense of public interest which is for serving their respective constituencies. Income, Assets, Access