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Jan 14, 2015 · Asked whether they personally found 8 issues “morally acceptable,” Filipinos agreed the least with abortion (2%) and extra-marital affairs (5%), according to a recently released survey by the...
The human rights situation in the Philippines remains dire amid extrajudicial killings, attacks against political activists and journalists, and abuses committed during the armed conflict...
Political Killings, Threats, Harassment. On June 4, OHCHR published a report that found “numerous systematic human rights violations” in the Philippines, among them the killing of 208 human...
In July, the Philippine government and the United Nations launched a joint “human rights program” to address human rights violations and accountability failings in the country, reflecting ...
Jul 12, 2019 · Wataru Kusaka’s Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor is a careful, scholarly, but easy-to-read, description and analysis of Philippine democracy and urban poor politics.
Apr 26, 2021 · “Over a year into the pandemic, the Philippine government’s continued failure to ensure an adequate response is a serious human rights issue,” said Emerlynne Gil, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director.
study portends the bone of political contention in current Philippine politics. Duterte’s moral crusade against illegal drugs, terrorism, communism, and liberal democracy permeates both the country’s civic and mass spheres. While the study sought to explain the ambiguity of the Filipino middle
The Philippine social structure is characterized by profound class disparities and a high poverty rate, and these have had a particularly powerful impact on the practice of democracy. According to elite democracy arguments, the stratified social structure of the Philippines fostered rule by oligarchic elites.
Feb 22, 2022 · What, then, should we call the situation in the Philippines? The lack of respect for basic human rights principles, and even for facts, suggests a context of anomie.
hood and dignity led to the emergence of a moral antagonism between righteous, oppressed “poor people” and the heartless, self-serving “rich”. In the civic sphere on the other hand, the hegemony of civic exclusivism produced moral antagonism between law-abiding “citizens” who partici.
