An interview of our Visiting Research Scholar Mark Richard Thompson was added to the visitor’s voice series.
Reserach Area: Philippine populism and democratic backsliding, presidentialism and democracy, opposition to autocratization, authoritarian learning
Interview with Mark Richard Thompson: Democratic Backsliding, Opposition Pushback and Political Cycles in Philippine History
“My undergraduate roommate at Brown University was Filipino and he encouraged me to study in the Philippines which I did by enrolling in a master’s program at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman courtesy of Rotary Foundation Scholarship. It was just after the Aquino assassination and shortly before the fall of Marcos, Sr. – needless to say a very interesting time politically…”
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