4TNCTWeek2 Democratic Interventions

• Undemocratic practice


  Process or agreement that is undemocratic, made or governed by one person or a few numbers of people, rather than by the majority
• Suffrage is a practice in a democratic country. But when one's right or privilege is not practiced or held accountable in a criminal court, it is then that it is considered undemocratic
• Examples of undemocratic practices

  • Gender Biases
  • Poverty
  • Racial Inequality
  • Cultural Domination
  • Political Marginalization
  • Crisis of Representation
• Gender Biases


  • Tendency to have preferential treatment on one gender over the other, discrimination in men and women are happening or occurring
• Gender Biases in professional and educational setting


  • Employers prefer to hire men over women or vice versa, some are given the chance to lead just because of their gender, employees receive different treatment in terms of support from their employers and sometimes they experience positional biases
• Gender Biases in culture


  • Women have been particularly marginalized from cultural life, patriarchal societies operate on the belief of male superiority over female, girls are taught to be homemakers while boys attend schools
• Gender Biases in religion

  • Leadership roles in many sects and congregations are restricted to males and are usually androcentric, stress modesty, strict protocols and regulations are usually focused and applied on women only
• Poverty

  State of not having enough material possessions or income for a person's basic needs, be it in social, economic, and political elements
• Factors affecting poverty


  • Governance factors such as corruptions, low government services and infrastructures, ineffective and inadequate response to poor people
• One way to solve poverty is to support women to have access to quality and decent work to improve their livelihood, women's economic empowerment is a key part of achieving this
• Racial Inequality


  Belief that a certain race is superior than others, devalues groups based from their skin color or ethnological background and sets structured social differences, power, and culture, exists to deny or unjustly distribute social privileges, economic opportunities, and political rights to the racially stigmatized groups
• Racial Inequality


  • Other countries impose strict rules on their immigrant policies to prohibit the entry of anyone deemed "unsuitable" to limit the entry of the "undesirable" ethnic groups
• Cultural Domination


  Practice in which a certain culture is dominant within a particular political, social, or economic entity, may refer to a language, religion, social value, and/or social custom
• Cultural domination is very evident in the Philippines, we use English as our medium of instruction and communication even though our national language is Filipino, our values and beliefs are also influenced by the Americans, Spaniards, and Japanese who once colonized our country
• Political Marginalization


  Individuals who live on the margins of the culture or portions of the population that are excluded from politics based on their ethnicity, religion, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, they are not able to fully participate in political and social issues as a result of political differences
• Democracy is more likely to develop when all marginalized groups are free to participate and influence political results without being discriminated, some government organizations work to increase the participation of the minority groups so they can have a voice in the political process and achieve a greater level of equality, understanding that political participation
• Crisis of Representation


  Increasing disconnect between citizens and political parties when the government or leaders failed to communicate or interact with its citizens in controlling economic and non-economic environments, which implies serious limits to democracy
• Crisis of representation is significant especially for rural areas for their socio-economic development and programs
• Political results without being discriminated
• Some government organizations work to increase the participation of the minority groups so they can have a voice in the political process and achieve a greater level of equality, understanding that political participation
• The world is digitally connected nowadays. But there are instances that people cannot be heard by its leaders or its government
• Crisis of representation


  The interaction gap between citizens and political parties
• It happens when the government or leaders failed to communicate or interact with its citizens in controlling economic and non-economic environments which implies serious limits to democracy
• It is significant especially for rural areas for their socio-economic development and programs
• Political leaders in a democratic society seek public acknowledgement for their particularity, be this on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity
• This is very common in the Philippine setting especially during election campaigns
• The strong influence of different platforms like media, religious organizations, etc. significantly affect the number of votes a politician will receive during elections
• According to a survey of Kantar TNS (2018), 39% or four out of ten Filipinos will likely vote for a candidate endorsed by their churches or religious groups
• Recognition is an integral part of modern justice by which struggles can be understood and justified
• Political Marginalization


  Individuals who live on the margins of the culture and not able to fully participate in political and social issues as a result of political differences
• Politics of Recognition


  It seeks public acknowledgement for their particularity, be this on the basis of gender, race, or ethnicity
• Gender Biases


  The tendency to have preferential treatment on one gender over the other
• Racial Inequality


  The belief that a certain race is superior than others
• Cultural Domination


  A practice in which a culture is dominant within a particular political, social, or economic entity
• Poverty


  The state of not having enough material, possession, or income for a person's basic needs