Private Political Violence and Boss-Rule in the Philippines

Despite its rather strong and venerable democratic credentials the Philippines is still marred by political violence. Targeted killings and physical harassment by vigilantes, death squads, private armed groups, para-military militias, the police or members of the armed forces as well as violent comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter Kreuzer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Freiburg 2009-04-01
Series:Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation
Online Access:http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2009.0005