President Rodrigo Duterte and the War on Drugs: Fear and Loathing in the Philippines

By William N. Holden

Since his election in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has directed a brutal anti-drug campaign. William N. Holden examines the motives and organizational methods of the campaign by analyzing it through conceptual frameworks of penal populism, noble cause corruption, revanchism, and state terrorism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793604401
• ISBN13: 9781793604408
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"