The Philippines has historically been known to have one of the most robust and politically
active civil societies in the world. With a deep affinity with democracy, civil society became a …

This article interrogates platform governance and accountability amid the growing role of
influencers in constructing political discourses, and particularly, in the intermediation of anti …

This paper examines Philippine foreign policy under the Duterte government (2016–2022).
During this period, Philippine foreign policy is widely acknowledged to have undergone …

Why is there sometimes limited mobilization against autocratization, particularly when it
involves major human rights violations? Some scholars emphasize the loss of political …

This article investigates the intersections between two highly significant ocean policy
processes: fisheries governance interventions for improved sustainability, and the …

Survey research focused on the effects of social media (SM) on protest behavior outside
Western democracies is limited. In response, we designed and conducted a large N face-to …

Though scholarship on Philippine politics has focused on either structures or elites, political
participation and inaction have become equally pertinent issues, especially in times of …

Purpose Corruption control in the Republic of the Philippines (RP) has hardly failed, but it is
not (yet) a success story either. Dramatic “people power” episodes have occurred, but …

This chapter characterises the uneven trajectory of deliberative democracy in the
Philippines. It begins by tracing the development of deliberative norms from anti-colonial …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic undermined the populist legacy of Philippine
president Rodrigo R. Duterte. Despite implementing one of the longest and strictest …