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ヘイシ ノ ジュンショク ト シャカイ ノ ジュヨウ : フィリピン ニオケル グン ト シャカイ ノ ジョウホウ デンタツ ノ ヘンカ

Bearing soldiers’ deaths : Changing Communication between the Armed Forces and Society in the Philippines

国際協力論集

27(1)

117-138

神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科

2019-07-31

2019-08-09

This research seeks to answer the following questions: 1） How the people in Southeast Asia accept and digest deaths of soldiers in various missions; 2） How the governments become accountable to the people for any military casualties. Ben-Ari （2005） analyzes that official commemoration and remembrance is significant component for the “good death” which gives legitimacy on the death of soldiers. Kümmel and Leohnard （2005） argue that social learning towards the casualties is essential and it is done through the processes in which the public are better informed of the right reasons the death of soldiers engaged in specific missions. Both studies focus on interaction between government/ the armed forces and society digesting the incidents. Based on those existing studies, the research hypothesizes various factors which can elevate the people’s sensitivity towards military deaths in the Philippines, where soldiers’ death in domestic counter-insurgency missions is still common and has long been treated with less honor and respect compared to most of the Western democracies. However, two cases （Mamasapano massacre in 2015 and battle of Marawi in 2017） show that the diverse missions of the armed forces have raised demands for much improved treatment of soldiers’ deaths. As a result, governments and the armed forces are getting more accountable to the people for military casualties.

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