False Democracy: Political Dynasty The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynasty as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time. In the Philippines‚ according to a research by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance‚ we have about 250 political families who have dominated Philippine politics at the national and local level. This is 0.00001667 % of the country’s 15 million families (CENPEG‚ 2007). They comprise a little‚ among the represented Filipinos
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A Reflection on Philippine Politics “Political Dynasties Reign in the Philippines” According to Renaldo Mendoza‚ executive director of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Policy Center‚ “political dynasties continue to monopolize political power in many local governments like provinces‚ municipalities and cities nationwide‚ and categorized current reigning political clans as “fat” or “thin” dynasties.” Mendoza said “fat” dynasties are political families that have several members holding
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The Tang dynasty ruled for two hundred and eighty nine years‚ from 618 to 907 C.E. The empire extended into the west to parts of Tibet‚ the Red River Valley to the south‚ and Manchuria to the north. The second emperor‚ Tai-tsung‚ forced his father to abdicate the throne to him after murdering his brothers in 626 C.E. He made the government smaller‚ which saved money in case of famine and to provide farmers economic relief in case of droughts or floods. Civil service exams were established once again
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Political dynasties are here to stay whether you like it or not‚ unless‚ of course‚ if YOU make a choice. Article II‚ Section 26 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution prohibits the existence of political dynasties but because majority of the lawmakers are either scions or kingpins of a political clan‚ no one has the guts to step up and perform a rare case of political suicide. Now‚ we are just left with two choices: stand up for democracy and let corrupt political dynasties wither on their own or
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under the control of a few notable families. It is normal for a politician’s son‚ wife‚ brother‚ or other kinsman‚ to run for the same or other government office. The term coined by Filipinos to describe this practice is "Political dynasty"‚ the equivalent of an oligarchy in political science. One can trace its roots from the Spanish colonial times where favored families of the mestizo stock‚ or the Illustrados were given responsibilities of Gobernadorcillo‚ or Alcalde. As such‚ these men have wielded
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Of all the fora I’ve attended during our college week‚ the forum on family dynasties was probably the most entertaining one. It’s the least boring one‚ that’s for sure (not to mention we had to run from the crowded little theatre to the ESI‚ the venue of said forum‚ lest we’d be late and not have anymore seats.) The speakers we’re all very informative and provided various insights on to what exactly are political dynasties and why it is important to ban them. It was obvious that they all have a lot
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ECONOMICS IV -Sofia Zacate (IV-SPN) POLITICAL DYNASTY Brand is the "name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. The word “brand” is not only present in the field of marketing‚ but also present in the field of politics. In the Philippines (unfortunately)‚ “brand” is everything. For example‚ the product brands. To us Filipinos‚ a refrigerator is a “fridgidare”‚ toothpaste is a “colgate”‚ a photocopy
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Philippine Online Chronicles. Retrieved August 3‚ 2011‚ from Philippine Online Chronicles: http://thepoc.net/breaking-news/local/12267-political-dynasty-ban-bill-up-in-congress.html#ja-content Gma News Tv Kurlantzick‚ J. (2011‚ January 7). Retrieved August 3‚ 2011‚ from Council on Foreign Relations: http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2011/01/07/the-curse-of-nepotism/ List of political families in the Philippines Rosario‚ B. (2009‚ July 5). Manila Bulletin. Retrieved August 3‚ 2011‚ from Manila bulletin: http://www
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similarity between the Han Dynasty and the Gupta/Mauryan Dynasty in terms of political control of the population was they both supported patriarchal families where women were subordinate to men. However‚ an important difference is that in India they had a caste system including jatis‚ which did not exist in Han China. Several similarities of both Gupta/Mauryan dynasty and Han dynasty are they had development of iron and textile expansion. Male dominance was part of both the Han dynasty and the Gupta/Mauryan
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great things‚ dynasties will fall. As the Shang were declining‚ the Zhou dynasty defeated the Shang dynasty and established themselves as the new rightful rulers of China. The Zhou inherited cultural traditions from their Neolithic ancestors in the northwest‚ but inherited many material traditions from the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou dynasty was the first period in which texts were transmitted‚ such as the book of documents. Many clear differences exist between the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the
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