The Philippine democratic uprising and the contradictions of neoliberalism: EDSA II
In: Third World Quarterly, Vol 22, No 5, 2001, pp. 777-793
Analysis of Estrada regime and the protests that led to his overthrow and replacement by Aroyo. The article is also a critique of western commentators who deplore the popular uprising, and an attack on a neoliberal conception of democracy. The author concludes that the 2001 rebellion was ultimately an elite controlled process, transferring power to a different faction of the elite, but also a model of popular mobilization and empowerment.