State and Society in the Philippines in the Duterte Era
A conversation with Patricio N. Abinales
Context behind the book:
o “Cornell Mafias” Government/History departments The Southeast Asia Program Wife was doing Malaysian history, minor in German history o Southeast Asia via Kyoto Engagements “Atsi” – Caroline Hau o Periodizations and State o How do you write a book with Chinese, muslims, and women? Discernment o Colonial era Spanish reformism o American colonial state Tammary hall in manila Progressivesism in Moro Mindanao and the Cordilleras o Quezon Fascinating guy – has an idea of how the country would be o What we did was look at the colonial bulding in the Philippines along with the united states o Cacique rule and Marcos Techno cracies and “national development” o Generational tentions “hey joe” vs. “joe ma” o Pinas and Asia Vietnam, china, indonesia o “Peripheries” Mindanao, Muslim Mindanao Features o Wars and nation-state building World War II MNLF war o 15 years of dictatorship Reshaping the state “nationalism” “supreme cacique” o Post authorirarianism: 1986-2004 Marcos, military, etc Democratization – cory’s legacy Mongrel: Ramos o If you want to understand Duterte, you have to understand, Marcos and Cory Populism o Populism preceeded Duterte o Outsiders Magsaysay -> promdi -> governor -> president -> killed in crash Cory -> cojuancos -> “house wife” -> widow -> presidential candidate -> president -> willingly passed on power to successor Estrada -> mayor -> senator (opposition) -> VP -> President -> forced to resign Duterte -> promdi -> mayor -> president What do they have in common? No one came from ateneo/UP o Popular perversion towards “elites” o “My guy Magsaysay”, “tita cory”, “erap”, and “tatay digong” o What else? Davao o What makes davao different from cebu etc? 1980 – Davao was connected to the world Sushi consumption o Global connection but strong community ties Settlement + plantations o Davao and the state: Almendras and Duterte, Luis Santos o Marcos o “Gikan sa Masa, para sa Masa” Davao Sunday TV show: he was already cussing publicly o Local Media -> political culture (Resil Mojares on the radio) o The reason why we cannot understand him because, we should first understand local politics. o Very few people study outside metro manila o Duterte was a oroduct of Marcos,