Fear and Loathing or Strategic Priming? Unveiling the Audience in Duterte's Crime Rhetoric

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-22 DOI:10.1017/jea.2022.1
R. A. Panao, Ronald A. Pernia
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Abstract This paper examines speechmaking on a contentious policy by arguably one of the most controversial figures to have assumed the Philippine presidency. Drawing on quantitative textual approaches on a corpus of 845 presidential speeches delivered between June 2016 and July 2020, we provide evidence that Rodrigo Duterte's evocative utterances against drug lords and criminals are not just deliberate illocutionary acts intended to court public support, but also priming tactics aimed towards a politically and economically significant audience whose acquiescence gives symbolic legitimacy to a controversial anti-crime policy. Using quantitative textual approaches and econometric analysis, we find that violent-crime rhetoric is more likely to accompany public pronouncements made before a political audience consisting of law enforcement authorities and government officials, as well as an economic audience made up of business chambers, overseas Filipino workers, and labor groups. Overall, the findings nuance an image of Duterte beyond that of a penal populist.
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恐惧和厌恶还是战略启动?揭露杜特尔特犯罪修辞中的受众
摘要本文考察了菲律宾总统任期内最具争议的人物之一就一项有争议的政策发表的演讲。根据2016年6月至2020年7月期间发表的845次总统演讲的定量文本方法,我们提供了证据,证明罗德里戈·杜特尔特针对毒枭和罪犯的煽动性言论不仅仅是旨在争取公众支持的蓄意言外行为,但也有针对政治和经济上重要受众的启动策略,这些受众的默许为有争议的反犯罪政策提供了象征性的合法性。使用定量文本方法和计量经济学分析,我们发现暴力犯罪言论更有可能伴随着在由执法当局和政府官员组成的政治受众以及由商会、海外菲律宾工人和劳工团体组成的经济受众面前发表的公开声明。总的来说,这些发现使杜特尔特的形象变得微妙,而不仅仅是一个刑罚民粹主义者。
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期刊介绍: Experts from around the globe come together in this important peer-reviewed forum to present compelling social science research on the entire East Asia region. Topics include democratic governance, military security, political culture, economic cooperation, human rights, and environmental concerns. Thought-provoking book reviews enhance each issue. Want more information information on Journal of East Asian Studies? Sign up for our E-Alerts for regular updates.
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