Ateneo School of Government Master in Public Management Public Governance and the Bureaucracy The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program: Addressing poverty from the Ground up Introduction Even before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in the 1500s‚ lands in the Philippines have always been controlled by a few of families. The Datus and Sultans ruled over massive areas of lands‚ as power social status was dictated by the size of the land one owned and the number of slaves who worked on
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Milan conference 1880 & dark ages of ASL “In 1880 there was a international conference of Deaf educators‚ The second international congress on education of the Deaf. At this conference‚ held September 6 -11- 1880‚ a declaration was made that oral education was better than manual (sign) education.” (By James Berke). The overall goal of the Milan conference was to ban sign language as a form of teaching Deaf people. Edward Minor Gallaudet was a major supporter of sign language being used as a form
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Biological Determinism: The biological determinism theory is best displayed during the time period between 1865 and 1890. The icon that best demonstrates biological determinism is Darwin. The mid to late 1800s was a crucial time period for biological determinism because Charles Darwin came up with his idea of “Origin of the Species” in 1859 which Darwin discussed evolution and help set up the stage for ideas that promote heredity and biology as causes of criminal behavior. Although Darwin did not
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Summary of the Source: Scales and Skills of Monopoly Power: Labor Geographies of the 1890–1891 Chicago Carpenters’ Strike is written by Robert B. Ross starts out with an history of what happened in Chicago regarding the carpenters. After discussing the general situation that happened in Chicago‚ Ross begins to talk about monopoly power and the labor geography that is in Chicago at that time. Ross goes into detail about how the labor workers relate to the formation of monopolies and the how the
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Republic Act 9700 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) Bill‚ that aims to redistribute all agricultural lands to landless farmers. Is an act amending several provisions of Republic Act 6657‚ or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988. It was first filed as House Bill 1527 by Akbayan Party list Rep. Risa Hontiveros in 2007‚ it was later substituted by House Bill 4077‚ also sponsored by Hontiveros and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman‚ the version made into
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When an area is settled for the first time‚ there are certain things that shape the development of the land and the people who settle it. From the 1840’s to the 1890’s‚ the natural environment‚ among other things‚ shaped the development of the West beyond the Mississippi River and the lives of those who lived and settled there. Some examples of places that were shaped and/or affected by the natural environment are Texas‚ the Great Plains‚ the Rocky Mountains‚ and the California/West Coast area.
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In John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Winter of Our Discontent‚ one can find many general truths and principles‚ also known as aphorisms. Ethan Allen Hawley‚ the main character‚ seems to gift the reader with another aphorism at the turn of every page‚ but some of these sayings may be considered more remarkable than others. One of the more noteworthy aphorisms is a statement made by Ethan at the end of chapter 6: "To be alive at all is to have scars". While this may not be the theme that Steinbeck
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Vol. 18‚ No. 1:76-86 (2012) THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo College of Economics and Management‚ University of the Philippines Los Banos‚ College‚ Laguna‚ Philippines (Received: October 19‚ 2011; Accepted April 5‚ 2012) ABSTRACT One of the major interventions to effect rural development in the Philippines is the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program‚ which was instituted in 1988 and its implementation is extended
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INTRODUCTION agrarian reform‚ redistribution of the agricultural resources of a country. Traditionally‚ agrarian‚ or land‚ reform is confined to the redistribution of land; in a broader sense it includes related changes in agricultural institutions‚ including credit‚ taxation‚ rents‚ and cooperatives. Although agrarian reform can result in lower agricultural productivity‚ especially if it includes collectivization‚ it may increase productivity when land is redistributed to the tiller. Pressure for
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Life from the 1890s to the 1920s “...Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 article) The election offered voters several choices: Wilson’s New Freedom‚ Taft’s conservatism‚ Roosevelt’s Progressivism‚ or the Socialist Party policies of Eugene V. Debbs. Clayton act prohibits corporations from acquiring stock of another if doing so would create monopolies. Wilson turned his attention to financial reform when the nation needed a way
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