Legitimizing state violence: A comparative positioning analysis of discourses from the government and citizen supporters of the antidrug operations

• Main Authors: Montiel, Cristina Jayme, Camacho, Ryan Angelo P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: citizens; government; legitimation; positioning theory; state violence; Political Science; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/259; https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpac0000474
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The present study proposes two distinct yet bidirectionally related forms of legitimation of state violence: those enacted by the government and those enacted by its citizens. We anchor this proposal upon a positioning framework. To demonstrate this conceptualization, we used a mixed methods approac...