Populists in power: trust in public institutions and support for strong leadership in the post-authoritarian democracies of Indonesia and the Philippines

Ronald Pernia ABSTRACT How does support for strong leadership affect institutional trust in post-authoritarian democracies? Studies suggest that fostering trust in public institutions is contingent upon citizens’ favourable evaluation of the government’s institutional performance, whereas individual’s cultural orientations and political values are seldom given much interest. However, the resurgence of leaders with ‘populist’ tendencies presents...

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Land, Blood, and Tears: Discursive Themes and Strategies of Resistance to Neoliberal Hegemony in the
Lumad’s Struggle for Their Rights

Belinda Espiritu Abstract This paper examines the discursive themes and strategies of resistance by the Lumad, the indigenous people of Southern Philippines, and civil society groups to neoliberal hegemony, the dominance of the political-economic philosophy that champions the market as the prime regulator of economic activity, in the Lumad’s struggle for justice and their rights. The Lumad have been subject to killings of their leaders,...

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Comparison of thermal traits between non-toxic and potentially toxic marine phytoplankton: Implications to their responses to ocean warming

Brisneve Edullantes ab, Etienne Low-Decarie a1, Michael Steinke a, Tom Cameron a Abstract Understanding the effect of temperature on growth in marine phytoplankton is crucial in predicting the biogeography and phenology of algal blooms in the warming ocean. Here, we investigated the temperature dependence of the growth of non-toxic and potentially toxic marine phytoplankton. Using non-toxic strains (Prorocentrum sp. NRR 188, Prorocentrum...

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Electronic-Service Learning to Sustain Instruction with Civic Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aurelio Vilbar Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education courses integrating face-to-face (FtF) community-based service learning into their curriculum. There is a need to transform FtF service-learning (FtF-SL) into electronic service-learning (e-SL) to promote safety. e-SL studies show positive results in academic enhancement but reveal struggles sustaining online collaboration. This paper reports the experience of graduate...

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