L4- Social Analysis

• In CST, social analysis is a constitutive part of SEEing.
• Social analysis provides the learner a framework on how to analyze the present condition. In turn, it will serve as basis of grounding the Christian faith.
• Secondary Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II):


  “A thorough social analysis, structural and cultural, is to be promoted more intensely in the process of building up discerning communities of faith precisely to the end that their efforts at social transformation take into account the hard social realities and carried through from a genuine perspective of faith” (Art. 22 no. 1)
• Secondary Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II)

  “A thorough social analysis, structural and cultural, is to be promoted more intensely in the process of building up discerning communities of faith precisely to the end that their efforts at social transformation take into account the hard social realities and carried through from a genuine perspective of faith” (Art. 22 no. 1)
• According to Gorospe (1997), social analysis (SA) is the “scientific observation of the economic, social, political, cultural, and religious situation of any given context”.
• According to Gorospe (1997), social analysis (SA) is the “scientific observation of the economic, social, political, cultural, and religious situation of any given context”.
• It is a sociological tool employed by theology or religious educators to have a grasp of the present condition of a particular context
• It is a sociological tool employed by theology or religious educators to have a grasp of the present condition of a particular context.
• As social analysis scrutinizes the basic components of society, it serves as a firm foundation in the grounding of the Christian faith.
• Function

  
  

  As a methodological framework, social analysis:

  1. Provides a sense of overall direction to events;
  2. Motivates one to have a strong determination to become an agent of social change
  3. Guides in developing a vision for society or community, bearing towards an ultimate framework for an alternative society
  4. Challenges the agent to look critically at the present condition especially on situations of poverty (Gorospe, 1997)
• Limitation

  1. SA does not provide a blueprint of action to be done.
  2. SA prescribes no solution to the problem. One simply gets scientific understanding or diagnosis of society but SA does not prescribe cure to the problem.
  3. SA guides actions in the service of justice.
  4. SA operates from the perspective of the poor.
• Limitation

  5. SA is highly effective in the political and economic aspect but is relatively weak on the social and cultural components of society. It is emphasized, however, that the economic structure is a basis of social structure.

  6. SA needs theological reflection to relate social realities to the Christian faith.
• Meaning of Model

  • A model is a representation of the relations of various elements present in a particular entity (Isla, 2001)
  • A model is a signification of reality that facilitates easy comprehension and easy recall. Models of social analysis could be diachronic or synchronic
  • Diachronic models of social analysis focus on the historical evolution of events, thus, longitudinal.
• Meaning of Model

  • An example of this could be the historic-critical model of analyzing the evolution of Filipino consciousness through pre-history, to the several nodes of colonial occupation up to the present days. Through this, one comes to understand the origin of a particular condition.
  • Synchronic models focus on the interrelations of elements in a particular structure, thus, basically cross-sectional.
  • Some examples could be the pyramidal and ideological and political apparatus models that we will take up later
• Elliot’s Fishbowl


  This model, though showing also the relationship among the over consumers, sustainers, and marginalized, it focuses on the distribution of resources.
• Elliot’s Fishbow

  • The structure where the three groups of fish are situated makes resource distribution very advantageous for the consumers.
  • The over consumers have the first catch of the best amount of food available. The sustainers just wait for what is left for them. Those at the bottom, the marginalized, just hope for other leftovers from the sustainers. The least belongs to them.
• IPA Code


  This model reveals the relationship between the dominant class, auxiliary class, and oppressed class
• IPA Code

  • The intellectuals of auxiliary class and oppressed class are responsible for maintaining their status quo. They influence the group.
  • In addition, social change happens though each intellectual group, depending on the need of the community, e.g. is media, education, culture, and arts and the like.
• Elliot’s Fishbowl Model

  1. Overconsumers
  2. Sustainers
  3. Marginalized
• Pyramidal Model

  1. Overconsumers (1%)
  2. Sustainers (9%)
  3. Marginalized (90%)
• Pyramidal Model

  Maginalized

  1. Farmers
  2. Laborers
• Ideological and Political Apparatus Code

  Ideological Apparatus

  1. Mass Media
  2. Education System
  3. Religios Beliefs
• Ideological and Political Apparatus Code

  Political

  1. Law and Courts
  2. Government Agencies
  3. Military and Police
• Ideological and Political Apparatus Code

  DC= Dominant Class

  AC= Auxiliary Class

  OC= Oppressed Class