M A R I N D U Q U E S TAT E C O L L E G E

College of Governance

POLITICS AND
ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Hide Yasu Y. Nakajima
 Is Duterte an
authoritarian,
dictator, a fascist,
or a populist?
Politics and Administration
 1 Term
st

Authoritarian
or
Dictator
power should be
centralized in him
Checks and Balances
Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
Could write
his own laws
 Centralize the massive powers

Don’t like dissent

Do away with checks and balances of gov’t

2 Term
nd

Fascist
The CCP and
its allies
Everytime they don’t
like a president
Everytime they don’t
like a president
They call him/her
fascist
To understand
what fascism is
1 used
st

In Italy
 Used
to describe
the party
of dictator
Benito Mussolini
 “Fascisti”
or
“Blackshirts”
 Mussolini
combined
right-wing
authoritarianism
 Mussolini With mass
combined movement of
right-wing left-wing
authoritarianism socialist
 Authoritarianism
usually
centralizes power
Under traditional
institutions
 The Church
and the State
Prior to Mussolini
right-wing gov’t
did not have
mass base
Usually supporters do not
come from grassroots.
His support came from
peasants
urban middle class
urban poor
violence
 Beat down critics
and pour castor oil
down their throats.
 A dictator
supported by a grassroots
movement
is a fascist.
3 Term
rd

Populist
Populism
can be
confusing
People think
that if you do
something
popular
 People think
that if you do
something
popular
You are a populist
Trying to be popular
does not make
a populist
 Populism is a
rhetorical style
 Style of
presenting yourself in
the public
 Divides the world
between the elite
and the average man
 Who exhibits
populist rhetoric?
Mocha Uson
 She says
‘Intelligent
journalist’
betrayed
the people
 They are
“pressitutes”
“I represent
ordinary
people.”
 So populism
fosters disdain
for traditional experts
Disdain for
traditional
authority
 Disdain
people
in power
 Contrast
themselves
to power
What happens when
they are already in
power?
 Now we can ask
Does Duterte fit into
these terms?
 Is Duterte
authoritarian?
Is he a dictator?
Is Duterte fascist?
Is Duterte fascist?
Is Duterte populist?
Conclusion