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- Title
Identity-building and Democracy in the Philippines: National Failure and Local Responses in Mindanao.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the evolution of national identity and democracy in the Philippines. It is stated that the Philippines is facing a war on the southern island of Mindanao, which has been fuelled by the national dynamics of identity-construction and social practices of democracy. There was an outbreak of political violence between the Philippines government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the most prominent Muslim rebellion force, in August 2008.
- Subjects
MINDANAO Island (Philippines); PHILIPPINES; NATIONALISM; DEMOCRACY; MORO Islamic Liberation Front; POLITICAL violence; MUSLIMS
- Publication
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2010, Vol 39, Issue 3, p61
- ISSN
1868-1026
- Publication type
Article