Thompson, Mark R. "Putting 'People Power' Back Together Again: Some Puzzles from the Philippines." Research on Democracy and Society 3 (1996): 397-415. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.
Theoretical Source
In Mark Thompson's analytical article "Putting 'People Power' Back Together Again: Some Puzzles from the Philippines" (1996), Thompson thinks about the idea of people power, how people power worked for the movement in the Philippines, and how people power has been modified to work in other protests. The article outlines how the people power movement in the Philippines, a movement characterized by nonviolent protest, worked in an unexpected way to benefit neither the military nor the dictator, but instead the common people, a relative rarity in the realm of political protest. Through the article, Thompson is looking to examine how the Philippines used people power to such great success, and how that experience compared with other countries that have undergone the same protests in order to clarify the meaning and the use of the term people power. Thompson is looking to connect with readers who are interested in the use of people power and is formal in his tone throughout the essay.
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