Essays about: "Democratization in the Philippines"

Found 1 essay containing the words Democratization in the Philippines.

  1. 1. THE DEADLIEST FREE PRESS IN ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE PHILIPPINES

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Elinor Boayes Lumbang; [2009]
    Keywords : Philippines; journalist killings; press freedom; public sphere; weak state; impunity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the Philippines, the post-Marcos era has seen little decrease in violence against journalists. The onset of democratization in 1986 gave way for more press freedom, yet the 78 journalists killed since question the notion of a functioning free press in a nation that prides itself as being the “freest” in the Southeast Asian region. READ MORE