What are the non-conventional sources of democratic resilience in a post-autocratizing regime?
Using the literature on performative politics and governance, this presentation investigates the unusual sources of democratic recovery in the philippines after the Duterte administration (2016-2022). This lecture argues the renewed external linkages with the West, combined with performativity of contingent pro-democratic elites and patronage networks, opened opportunities to hold Filipino politicians accountable.
This lecture will be delivered by Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and APF Canada Indo-Pacific Research Fellow, Aries Arugay, with Erik Kuhonta, previous APF Canada John H. McArthur Research Fellow.
