Between Authoritarianism and Democracy - Civil Society and Political Change in the Philippines - Prof. Dr. Aries A. Arugay - University of Hamburg
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10.06.2022
Between Authoritarianism and Democracy - Civil Society and Political Change in the Philippines
The Philippines used to have a robust, dynamic, and credible civil society that acted as a force for democratization. However, its power has decreased over time due to partisan choices, internal conflicts, and assaults by the Philippine state. This presentation discusses the evolution of significant groups within Philippine civil society and their relative decline given the populist-authoritarian government of Rodrigo Duterte. It argues that the erosion of Philippine democracy co-existed with the disempowerment of civil society due to direct assaults of the Duterte administration, massive disinformation campaigns, and the rise of authoritarian nostalgia and illiberal political actors. This presentation also analyzes the likely impact of the May 2022 national elections as a critical event of political change to the fate of civil society and trajectory of democratization in the Philippines.
Aries A. Arugay is Professor of Political Science (on sabbatical leave) from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Politics & Policy, published by Wiley-Blackwell and the US-based Policy Studies Organization. His research interests are comparative democratization, civil-military relations, contentious politics, and foreign policy.
He obtained his PhD in Political Science from Georgia State University (United States) in 2014 as a Fulbright Fellow. He obtained his MA and BA (cum laude) in Political Science from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. In 2020, the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines awarded him as an Outstanding Young Scientist (Political Science).
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