TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curato,Nicole
TI  - Democracy in a time of misery: from spectacular tragedies to deliberative action 
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780191878466 (ebook) :
AV  - JQ1409.5.C75 
U1  - 320.9599 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1986-
N1  - This edition also issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - This volume investigates how democratic politics can unfold in creative and unexpected ways even at the most trying of times. Drawing on three years of fieldwork in disaster-affected communities in Tacloban City, Philippines, this text presents ethnographic portraits of how typhoon survivors actively perform their suffering to secure political gains. Each chapter traces how victims are transformed to 'publics' that gain voice and visibility in the global public sphere through disruptive protests, collaborative projects, and political campaigns that elected the strongman Rodrigo Duterte to presidency
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842484.001.0001
ER  -