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Product Description A critical analysis of one of the most media-savvy authoritarian rulers of our time, this collection of essays offers an overview of Duterte’s rise to power and actions of his early presidency. With contributions from leading experts on the society and history of the Phillipines, The Duterte Reader is necessary reading for anyone needing to contextualize and understand the history and social forces that have shaped contemporary Philippine politics. Review "With contributions from leading experts on the society and history of the Phillipines, A Duterte Reader is necessary reading for anyone needing to contextualize and understand the history and social forces that have shaped contemporary Philippine politics.", Les carnets du Case "The essays in A Duterte Reader richly document the origins of Duterte's politics and its persistent appeal.", global asia "Corrals the best of Philippine academia.", Financial Times Review "The irony doesn't escape us: A Duterte Reader packs a lot of rigorous thinking into its pages to give coherence to a man who eschews rigor and downgrades facts. Still, public intellectuals cannot shirk from their civic duty to civilize the national conversation." -- Marites D. Vitug, author of Shadow of Doubt: Probing the Supreme Court About the Author Nicole Curato holds the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellowship at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. She is the associate editor of Political Studies.