How are political dynasties manifested in the Philippines? By Marie Jasmin M. Calalay Abstract The study aimed to do a research background about the political dynasties in the Philippines. We all know that the politics in the Philippines has been under control of a few notable families. The term coined by Filipinos to describe the practice is "Political Dynasty”. Constitution effectively broke the hold of incumbent families on power. The ability of term limits to dismantle political
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CHAPTER 1: 1. ‘Social order may be the product of consensus or coercion‚ depending on which sociological perspective is adopted.’ Explain and discuss. Ans: Social order is the product of consensus in terms of functionalism Social order is the product of coercion in terms of conflict theory in reality; society may be a combination of both - that is there is human free will which is also limited by social structure example institutions‚ laws Functionalist Theory and consensus: The functionalist
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narratives about the past that state-sponsored elites turn into non-negotiable facts‚ such as the way Loewe critiques the textbooks provided to students. These students then in turn take what the professor teaches and the textbook preaches at face value as absolute fact‚ essentially eradicating the possibility for negotiation and debate. The reason that this is possible‚ is because of the power such elites have. Historical memory is used by these elites to shape the way a certain society views
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violated with impunity” (Almaguer 46). Mexicans were given land grants under the Treaty and the same “political status” as the European Americans but they still did not recognize them as equal (Almaguer 73). Upper class Mexicans‚ known as the “Ranchero elite” or the “people of reason”‚ were more accepted because they had mixed “European ancestry” but European Americans still did not respect them (Almaguer 46). They were also lighter skinned
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In the essay of “Biographies of Hegemony”‚ Karen Ho‚ an American Anthropologist describes the fact that undergraduate students get jobs on Wall Street to satisfy their own ambition of becoming successful investment bankers. Ho’s further research at Harvard business school made her wonder about the situation of the undergraduate “who once aspired to become‚ say writer or teacher‚ “realize” by the time they graduate that they always wanted to go to Wall Street” (170). This realization by most of the
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Theoretical Models of Public Policymaking The "Policy Process Theory" just described is a good model to describe public policymaking‚ but it has little explanatory power. In other words‚ you cannot make predictions from this model. It simply states that a policy first begins on an agenda‚ it is then formulated‚ adopted‚ implemented and evaluated. But it has no theoretical framework to allow one to predict how a policy ends up on the agenda‚ or if a policy will be adopted. The "Political
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The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines By: Walden Bello (Book Review: Chapters 6 & 7) In a world where competition gets tougher and tighter‚ it does not pay to play around and settle with typical and average situations. It is not valuable that we settle for anything less. Hence‚ it is necessary that we improve on what we got and acquire some assets that we do not possess. However‚ looking on the Philippine context‚ statistics prove that we lag behind some countries;
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The three contemporary theories of American democracy are the pluralist theory‚ elite and class theory and hyperpluralism. The pluralist theory is a theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups‚ each one pressing for its own preferred policies. Pluralist theory describes a society ruled by the opinions of many views which inevitably results in conflicting views. This conflict tends to cancel out any gains made by one side‚ resulting in a kind of
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worse then the Articles of Confederation‚ it not only will do that but‚ even with the risk‚ we will have all branches of government to be filled with the wealthy elite class of people. And for these reasons‚ I think we shouldn’t ratify the Constitution. One reason we shouldn’t ratify the Constitution is because it will be filled with the elite class.This speech made by Amos Singletary says that the rich will overcome the farmers and the middle class of people to become the highest position‚ and then
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