Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign

This article ofers an analysis of the ritual character of Philippine elections for national positions, particularly for the presidency. It is argued that the structuring of the electoral complex is akin to a ritual, specifically, a ritualized gamble or game of chance. The cultural figuration of elec...

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Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10262020-06-15T08:12:09Z Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr This article ofers an analysis of the ritual character of Philippine elections for national positions, particularly for the presidency. It is argued that the structuring of the electoral complex is akin to a ritual, specifically, a ritualized gamble or game of chance. The cultural figuration of elections is traced to long-term historical processes. The broad insights on Filipino political culture are supported as well as expanded by data collected by the lnstitute of Philippine Culture (PC), Ateneo de Manila University, from sixteen focus group discussions conducted nationwide before national elections were held on 10 May 2004. 2005-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/27 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=history-faculty-pubs History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo ritual elections political culture focus group discussion lnstitute of Philippine Culture Policy History, Theory, and Methods Political Science Sociology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
country Philippines
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topic ritual
elections
political culture
focus group discussion
lnstitute of Philippine Culture
Policy History, Theory, and Methods
Political Science
Sociology
spellingShingle ritual
elections
political culture
focus group discussion
lnstitute of Philippine Culture
Policy History, Theory, and Methods
Political Science
Sociology
Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
description This article ofers an analysis of the ritual character of Philippine elections for national positions, particularly for the presidency. It is argued that the structuring of the electoral complex is akin to a ritual, specifically, a ritualized gamble or game of chance. The cultural figuration of elections is traced to long-term historical processes. The broad insights on Filipino political culture are supported as well as expanded by data collected by the lnstitute of Philippine Culture (PC), Ateneo de Manila University, from sixteen focus group discussions conducted nationwide before national elections were held on 10 May 2004.
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author Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
author_facet Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
author_sort Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
title Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
title_short Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
title_full Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
title_fullStr Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
title_full_unstemmed Betting on Democracy: Electoral Ritual in the Philippine Presidential Campaign
title_sort betting on democracy: electoral ritual in the philippine presidential campaign
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2005
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/27
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=history-faculty-pubs
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