Philippine politics and governance

• This course introduces the students to the basic concepts and vital elements of politics and governance from a historical-institutional perspective. In particular, it attempts to explain how the important features of our country's political structures/institutions, processes, and relationships developed across time. In the process, the course helps the learners gain a better appreciation of their rights and responsibilities as individuals and as members of the larger sociopolitical community to strengthen their civic competence.
• Politics


  The concepts of politics and governance
• Governance


  The meaning of governance
• Political ideologies


  • Liberalism
  • Socialism
  • Conservatism
• Power


  The nature, dimensions, types, and consequences of power
• Nation


  A political concept different from the State
• Globalization


  The context of relations among nation-states
• Evolution of Philippine politics and governance


  The evolution of Philippine politics, government, and governance
• Philippine President


  The role of the Philippine President in relation to his/her powers
• Philippine Senate and House of Representatives


  The role and responsibilities of the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives
• Philippine Judiciary


  The role and responsibilities of the Philippine Judiciary
• Levels of Philippine Local Government

  • Different levels of the Philippine Local Government
• Decentralization


  How decentralization affects governance
• Elections and political parties in the Philippines

  The nature of elections and political parties in the context of the Philippines
• Civil society and social movements

  Political participation outside formal institutions
• Citizenship


  The traditional and modern views of citizenship, i.e., the state-centric vs participatory notions of citizenship
• Utilizing concepts/ideas learned in class in actual experiences

  How the concepts/ideas learned in class can be utilized in actual experiences
• Authority: The exercise of legitimate power
• Bureaucracy: Refers to the administrative machinery of the state
• Citizen: A member of society who possesses rights and responsibilities
• Citizenship: May be defined as (a) identification of an individual with a political community, and (b) the rights and responsibilities that come with that membership
• identify issues related to political engagement and youth empowerment

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• determine programs that address issues related to political engagement and youth empowerment

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• assess an existing program that addresses an issue related to political engagement and youth empowerment

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• conduct a research for a draft proposal on a project on political engagement and youth empowerment

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• Authority


  The exercise of legitimate power
• Bureaucracy


  Refers to the administrative machinery of the state
• Citizen


  A member of society who possesses rights and responsibilities
• Citizenship


  May be defined as (a) identification of an individual based on a formal-legal status coterminous with the emergence of states, or (b) shared membership of a political community in which [the] conception [of] citizens [is that of] political actors constituting political spaces
• Civil society


  A society governed by law under the authority of a state and is distinguished from the state
• Conservatism


  A set of political beliefs based on preservation of customs and traditions that define the character of a society
• Decentralization


  The transfer of authority, responsibility, and resources from the center to the lower levels of administration
• Democracy


  A system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their action in the public realm by citizens, intervening (a) directly, through their own actions; or (b) indirectly, though the competition and cooperation of their elected representatives
• Elections


  A democratic process which is a major source of political recruitment, a means of making government and of transferring government, a guarantee of representation, and a major determinant of government policy
• Executive


  Head of government responsible for the implementation of laws
• Globalization


  Refers to processes whereby many social relations become relatively delinked from territorial geography, so that human lives are increasingly played out in the world as a single place
• Governance


  Refers to the various ways through which social life is coordinated
• Government


  One of the institutions involved in governance
• Ideology


  Usually refers to a system of beliefs about how society should function, behave, and operate
• Judiciary


  The branch of government that is empowered to decide legal disputes and interpret law, and arbitrate disputes between branches of government