Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines
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Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs : A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines. / Jensen, Steffen; Warburg, Anna Bræmer.
In: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 1-2, 2020, p. 5–24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs
T2 - A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines
AU - Jensen, Steffen
AU - Warburg, Anna Bræmer
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article explores the social and moral implications of Duterte's war on drugs in a poor, urban neighbourhood in Manila, the Philippines. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, surveys, and human rights interventions, the article sheds light on policing practices, social relations, and moral discourses by examining central perspectives of the state police implementing the drug war, of local policing actors engaging with informal policing structures, and of residents dealing with everyday insecurities. It argues that the drug war has produced a climate of ambiguous fear on the ground, which has reconfigured and destabilised social relations between residents and the state as well as among residents. Furthermore, this has led to a number of subordinate moral discourses — centred on social justice, family, and religion — with divergent perceptions on the drug war and the extent to which violence is deemed legitimate.
AB - This article explores the social and moral implications of Duterte's war on drugs in a poor, urban neighbourhood in Manila, the Philippines. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, surveys, and human rights interventions, the article sheds light on policing practices, social relations, and moral discourses by examining central perspectives of the state police implementing the drug war, of local policing actors engaging with informal policing structures, and of residents dealing with everyday insecurities. It argues that the drug war has produced a climate of ambiguous fear on the ground, which has reconfigured and destabilised social relations between residents and the state as well as among residents. Furthermore, this has led to a number of subordinate moral discourses — centred on social justice, family, and religion — with divergent perceptions on the drug war and the extent to which violence is deemed legitimate.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - policing
KW - human rights
KW - urban violence
U2 - 10.1017/S0022463420000211
DO - 10.1017/S0022463420000211
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 5
EP - 24
JO - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
JF - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
SN - 0022-4634
IS - 1-2
ER -
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