Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?

This research looked at social representations of the 1986 People Power in the Philippines among Filipino civilians and the military. Using mixed qualitative–quantitative methods, the research collected military narratives, ran a survey of civilians and military personnel and reviewed newspaper acco...

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Main Author: Montiel, Cristina J
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.psychology-faculty-pubs-12372020-09-10T08:38:45Z Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup? Montiel, Cristina J This research looked at social representations of the 1986 People Power in the Philippines among Filipino civilians and the military. Using mixed qualitative–quantitative methods, the research collected military narratives, ran a survey of civilians and military personnel and reviewed newspaper accounts of People Power anniversary celebrations over 20 years. Civilians saw People Power as a strong and positive power shift, while the military viewed it as an aborted coup led by military officers that was weak and bad. The findings about the social representations of transition are linked to civilian–military social identities after 1986 and illuminate the subjective landscape of State power contests in a new democracy. 2010-08-16T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/238 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01312.x Psychology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo EDSA military People Power social representations of history the Philippines Political Science Psychology Social Psychology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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country Philippines
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topic EDSA
military
People Power
social representations of history
the Philippines
Political Science
Psychology
Social Psychology
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military
People Power
social representations of history
the Philippines
Political Science
Psychology
Social Psychology
Montiel, Cristina J
Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
description This research looked at social representations of the 1986 People Power in the Philippines among Filipino civilians and the military. Using mixed qualitative–quantitative methods, the research collected military narratives, ran a survey of civilians and military personnel and reviewed newspaper accounts of People Power anniversary celebrations over 20 years. Civilians saw People Power as a strong and positive power shift, while the military viewed it as an aborted coup led by military officers that was weak and bad. The findings about the social representations of transition are linked to civilian–military social identities after 1986 and illuminate the subjective landscape of State power contests in a new democracy.
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author Montiel, Cristina J
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title Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
title_short Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
title_full Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
title_fullStr Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
title_full_unstemmed Social representations of democratic transition: Was the Philippine People Power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
title_sort social representations of democratic transition: was the philippine people power a non‐violent power shift or a military coup?
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/238
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