Political Reform and Elite Persistence: Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines∗ Pablo Querubin Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies October‚ 2011 Abstract Research in political economy emphasizes the tendency of elites to persist and reproduce their power over time‚ potentially undermining the effectiveness of institutional reforms. One particular form of elite persistence is illustrated by the existence of political dynasties. A natural question is whether
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Political Identity can be referred to the collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a political party of your choice is recognizable or known. Politics exists all around the world whether it involves the government‚ religion‚ debates‚ events‚ or individuals in general. It can be quite difficult to determine one’s Political Identity as this consists of various concepts. I am a follower of the Liberal Party of Ontario which is aligned with the Canadian Liberal Party. The following essay
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to another‚ the other changed his mind and do the same. Party- switching had been a common scenario in the Philippine politics. Its occurrence is usually at election times or at times when there is a need to resolve a certain conflict involving a political issue or question and during times of revolutions and People Power. True enough the party system of the country seems to resemble chameleons of politicians going from one party to another. On several occasions when there is a need of choosing a stand
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Political and Social Apathy‚ there are two faces of apathy. The first considers apathy as a choice and participation in public life a consequence of one’s affirmative use of freedom. The second face of apathy arises when citizens are led to believe that their personal needs are not part of the political agenda‚ resulting into political deprivation and the reaffirmation of the status quo. Philippines political and social life is marked by the second kind of apathy‚ which might also arise from the
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Jon Dough Dr. Suess Afram 09/28/12 Political Prisoner Fridays Assignment Assata Shakur is an African American human rights activist who has been part of many organizations in which demanded rights and liberation to people of color. The U.S. government has criminalized her even though she was never a criminal. One of the organization’s she joined‚ Black Panther Party‚ became the number one organization targeted by the FBI’s counter intelligence program. Shorty after‚ she joined the Black Liberation
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evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of political policing and look to examples of this to provide an answer to the assertion that police are dishonest and unappreciative of political involvement. The essay will then discuss if there is any substance to this claim before concluding with recommendations as to why politics should or should
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Choose three different political ideologies (ie. democracy‚ socialism‚ communism‚ feminism‚ etc.) and 1) define them‚ 2) discuss their origins‚ 3) give examples of where those ideologies have been realized in history‚ 4) give examples of where those ideologies are realized in today’s world‚ and 5) discuss the ideologies giving your opinion as to what you think are both their positive and negative aspects. The paper should be around 10 pages long‚ excluding the cover page and bibliography. Please
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Hong Kong’s Economic and Political Environment Hong Kong’s retrocession in the summer of 1997 was an event long prepared for‚ and built up to‚ in the minds of the territory’s citizens and residents. A significant number of the educated applied for overseas passports and left for more politically and economically stable environments in which to live and work; the "Brain Drain" was a significant problem for Hong Kong from 1984. Return to Chinese rule brought a promise from China that Hong Kong
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Steven Adriel R. Dizon SS111-BA2T Prof. Violeta E. Sioson POLITICAL CONFLICTS Introduction: Political conflict is the clash between groups of people for the control of power‚ authority‚ prestige‚ and resources. In many societies‚ only the state is legally empowered to use force to resolve many political conflicts like feuds‚ banditry‚ raids‚ ethnic conflicts and revolution. At the southern end of the Philippine archipelago‚ close to Indonesia and Malaysia‚ lies Mindanao—a large island
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knowledge. Al-Farabi is the first Muslim philosopher to have left political writings‚ either in the form of commentaries or in treaties of his own based upon Plato. Al-Farabi’s works was preserved from ravages of time contain five on politics as under: 1. A Summary of Plato’s Laws 2. Siyasatu’l-Madaniyah 3. Ara’u ahli’l-Madinatu’l-Fadilah 4. Jawami’u’s-Siyasat 5. Ijtima’atu’l-Madaniyah Contribution of Al-Farabi to Islamic Political Thought “In pure philosophy‚ Farabi became as famous as
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