00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862197617 Buklod 20201024093417.0 m | | ta 201015s2012 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00038295339 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-726 Abinales, Patricio N. author. Let them eat rats! The politics of rodent infestation in the postwar Philippines Patricio N. Abinales. 2012. pages [69]-101 illustrations, tables 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101). 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. Rats Control. Pests Control. Peace negotiations Mindanao. Philippine Studies Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 60, No. 1 (March 2012), p. 69-101. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 Available for the University of the Philippines Baguio via Project Muse. (viewed 16 October 2020) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-726 Analytics