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"If You Can't Beat Them, Kill Them": Fatal Violence Against Politicians in the Philippines

[working paper]

Kreuzer, Peter

Corporate Editor
Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Abstract

The killing of political opponents is an established practice in the Philippines, to which several dozen office­holders fall victim each year and which undermines democracy. In this report, Peter Kreuzer presents a detailed data set on this type of violence and answers the questions why the practice... view more

The killing of political opponents is an established practice in the Philippines, to which several dozen office­holders fall victim each year and which undermines democracy. In this report, Peter Kreuzer presents a detailed data set on this type of violence and answers the questions why the practice is so wide­spread and why it hardly ever provokes public debate. The analysis focuses on the peace covenant, a central means of symbolic politics to contain violence, but one that uninten­tionally naturalizes it.... view less

Keywords
Philippines; violence; propensity to violence; politician; democracy; political violence; homicide; terrorism; Southeast Asia; peace movement

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2021

City
Frankfurt am Main

Page/Pages
32 p.

Series
PRIF Reports, 2

ISBN
978-3-946459-63-7

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0


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