Ep. 41 Democracy in the middle w/ Adele Webb

The P*I* Podcast

Should we give up or keep on chasing freedom? We sit down with Adele Webb and discuss her latest book, Chasing Freedom: The Philippines' long journey towards Democratic Ambivalence She argues that Philippines has what she calls Democratic Ambivalence or holding contradictory views about democracy. We discuss what democratic ambivalence means for Philippine politics, where it came from, and how we can move forward from knowing about this ambivalence. We also discuss the middle class, and re-evaluate the concept and re-assess their role in democratization. Adele Webb's book can be found at the Ateneo Press website and Lazada https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/chasing-freedom-philippines%E2%80%99-long-journey-democratic-ambivalence Click here to recieve a discount:https://www.lazada.com.ph/shop/i/landing_page/voucher?sellerId=vq5l2e4rnbb&voucherId=vrroy74m08l1o3&wh_weex=true&scene=store&domain=SHOP You may also get tickets to our Media partner, Pamilya for November 22 here:https://forms.gle/1fkyGPYhrsKbzk8v6 and their online streaming from November 22 to 30. Grab your tickets now at ticket2me.net! https://ticket2me.net/e/35918 You may see more information here: https://www.facebook.com/SiLAB119/ 0:00 Media Partner message: Silab 1:03 Music 1:16 Intro 4:10 Why Adele Webb decided to write Chasing Freedom? 8:35 What Adele saw in Filipino elections? 12:55 What is Democratic Ambivalence? 18:10 Individual Freedom and the Freedom of others 20:30 Different shades of freedom 25:35 Where does this ambivalence come from? 33:50 Why the middle class? 38:50 Who are the middle class? 50:00 Adele Webb's thoughts on 2022 Elections 59:00 Ambivalence and People Power 1:03:15 Ambivalence and Political Agency 1:10:10 How to move forward with Democratic Ambivalence? 1:16:30 Final Message to listeners 1:18:18 Recommendation Recommendations Sovereign Trickster by Vicente Rafael https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/sovereign-trickster-death-and-laughter-age-duterte Elite and Ilustrados in Philippine Culture by Caroline Hau https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/elites-and-ilustrados-philippine-culture Elections for Sale by Frederic Schaffer https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/elections-sale-causes-and-consequences-vote-buying Dissent and Counter-Consciousness by Renato Constantino https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38495931-dissent-and-counter-consciousness You may find of Adele Webb's work here:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3942-3767