TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Patricio N. Abinales
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ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - 
SN  - 2
PY  - 0000///46
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KW  - 
KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - State-society relations
KW  - State formation and capacity
KW  - Mindanao conflict
KW  - sears0
N1  - ABSTRACT :  This article is a preliminary exploration of the politics of the war on rats as the Philippine state evolved from its weak position in the postwar period to gain relative strength since the late 1960s. Initially when the central state was virtually incapable of combating rat infestation, rats figured in a rich narrative; but this narrative was replaced by a dull argot of science and development as technocracy and military expansion dominated rat campaigns. Relatedly, as the central state deepened patronage ties with rural warlords, particularly in Cotabato, wars between rival ethnoreligious groups erupted in which, uncannily, local understandings of this conflict called upon the old discourse on rats.; 5
ER  -