...ABAYA CLAN ( CAVITE ) A Research Paper To be submitted to Prof. Allan F. Mesina Department of Social Science College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Manila In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Development Studies 126: Politico-Administrative Institution & Behavior Second Semester, School Year 2010 – 2011 by Cruz, Leo Flores, Paula Franchesca Gawaran, Chrysmas Javier, Janine Anne Panganiban, Tomas Roa, Camilo March 21, 2011 Family History in Politics The Abayas are one of the lesser-known political families in the country. While the Abayas trace their roots to Ilocos, they have made a name for themselves in Cavite politics. Their base is in the 1st District of Cavite (which comprises Rosario, Noveleta, Kawit and Cavite City) and they have been active in politics since the 1990’s. Its patriarch is former Representative Plaridel “Del” Madarang Abaya, who served the 1st District of Cavite from the 10th to the 12th Congress of the Philippines (1995-2004). In the May 2010 elections, he lost the congressional race to actress Lani Mercado Revilla in the lone district of Bacoor, Cavite.[i] He started his military career as a cadet at the Philippine Military Academy in 1959 and served as an officer in the Philippine Army and Philippine Constabulary for 28 years. He completed his military career in 1987 as a full colonel.[ii] He is married to Consuelo Bautista Aguinaldo, one of the grandchildren of President...
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...raised different. There are also many influences of political socialization. Friends, neighbors, and other peers influence political socialization. Two major influences of political socialization are family and school. Family and school have been an influence that we have seen from early childhood and the media has acted as agent of political socialization. Family is one of the two most important influences on political...
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...Initiative Media (1997) stated that in Turkey, “The average television viewing time is 300 min per day, compared to 180 min average television viewing in Europe (cited in Uray&Burnaz, 2003). As it is inferred from the statistics, television is one of the leading mediums of media; thereby it has a formidable force on society. It can easily leave an impression on society and shape audience’s ideas about any issue such as gender roles and the social mores. As TV’s effect on gender roles are comprehensively examined, it is observed that it does more harm than good for society; since TV restrains women from having careers by showing them as inappropriate and insufficiently qualified for some quantitative occupations, changes family dynamics, and blocks women’s success in politics despite being a non-quantitative field. On the other hand, it has a good effect on gender roles that it removes strict boundaries between genders. The first of harmful effects of TV on society is that TV has a power to shape audience’s ideas about women’s and men’s abilities, and impose on society that women are less skillful than men in the workplace, especially in quantitative fields. If the ideas that females are less successful than males, and their male counterparts better-qualified in quantitative fields are transmitted through TV advertisements and series, the public’s ideas will change in a linear way with the TV says. For example, when almost no female is depicted as engineer on TV, the public would find...
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...There is no doubt that over the years, men have been dominating politics of most countries in the world. But it doesn’t mean they did splendid job in what they are suppose to do? Politics has never been an easy place for any man who supposedly can’t even handle political landscape at home. Family of course. Today, most countries in the world face problems of democracy, justice, equality, social problems arising from bad governance of those in corridor of power who are mostly men. Having failed to provide good governance, when come to think of it, there is nothing wrong if women who are noted to be caring, concern, and responsible are given more chances in government for possible change in the ‘status quo'. Should a woman involve in politics have always been subject of controversy over the years. But among other political posts today few women are already presidents of countries and senators, assembly members, and councilors . Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina), Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) and Joyce Banda (Malawi)- presidents of representative countries have proven that woman can own a place on the top of political settings. Woman have been viewed weak and are less interested or less knowledgeable about politics than men. Perhaps this is why women feel removed from the current political process. If women see that politics remains a men-only club then they are far less likely to participate and to put themselves forward. If they see a women leader in the political settings...
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...Ryan Hasenbeck American Experience Family Feud in Salem In 1692, nineteen people were tried and executed as witches and hundreds more spent months in jail as accused witches. No one knows what exactly caused these Salem Witch Trials, but there are many theories ranging from the most ignored girls of Salem wanting power to actual witchcraft. The most likely theory about these trials however, is that there was a rivalry in Salem politics. Two families, the Putnams and the Porters dominated Salem politics, and there is evidence that the Witch Trials were a method used by one family to attack the other. A power struggle between the two most powerful families in Salem evidently caused the hysteria of the witch trials because the Putnams felt overshadowed by the Porters, the Minister supported by the Putnams was losing power, and there is a relationship in the location of the accusers of witchcraft verses the accused and defenders of the accused. Salem was a very split colony, dominated by two powerful families, the Porters, and the Putnams who lived in their shadow. There is evidence that proves...
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...advertisement of the Democratic Party. There are some of my family members that are in the lower class, but most of us are in the middle class to be acceptable in the society. Our family is a Christian based family along with my intermediate family. Plus, they vote democratic because of religious beliefs, and they believe that the Democratic...
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...Some types of feminism have been criticized taking into account our differences in culture and beliefs, and this has led to the formulation of ethnically specific and multicultural forms of feminism (Adel 77). The Feminist theory aims to understand why women are undergoing gender inequalities in the political, job and household sectors. By providing a critique of the political and social relations, the theory tries to highlight what is going wrong in the society in general. Feminism is a movement that promotes full equality of women with men and a high valuation of women as equal human beings both theoretically and practically. "Feminism is both a way of thinking about the world and a way of acting in it" (Diana 58). Feminism in Politics History has proven that women were not involved in any way in the making or conduction of any politically based decisions or action. More recently, there is a change in this perspective. Currently, the society accepts women in decision making and an incorporation of women in the analysis of government matters. The feminist claim, concerns, perspective and efforts...
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...English and Spanish within their household. Mexican Americans seem to be using English more dominantly than their native language because they are constantly trying to advance far above the other Hispanic groups in the American society (Alba, 2006). Education Very few Mexican Americans are pursuing a higher education. A survey conducted during the late 1980s displays that roughly 10 percent of Mexican Americans acquire a degree above high school level and 40 percent of this Latino group did not earn a high school diploma during this period (Alba, 2006). Many Mexican Americans believe that they are not high enough on the social status to achieve a higher education because of ethnic discrimination and lack of educational opportunities. Politics The period of the civil rights movement seems to...
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...IAH 211B Gender Politics in Ju Dou In the film, Ju Dou, Zhang Yimou shows us the more oppressive side of China in the early 20th century, and how its laws and policies have affected the underprivileged living there. On the surface the film is about a traditional Chinese male-dominated society, where men treat women like they are just some objects to be owned whose only real purpose in life is to bear the child of the man, while women are supposed to be obedient and submissive to males. However, if one were to look deeper than that, the film would actually be a subversion to the typical maledominated power politics as Ju Dou has more power than either Jinshan or Tianqing. Throughout the film, Ju Dou never acts subservient to Jinshan even when he tortures her, and with regards to her relationship to Tianqing, she’s the dominating one while Tianqing is the one who is submissive. Ju Dou even becomes the dominating one in her relationship with Jinshan later on in the film, though it is only temporary. Looking deeper then, the film would actually be about a women having a higher level of power than men in gendered politics, in a society where males hold superior power in gendered politics than females do and the consequences of a female holding such power in such a society. Early on in the film, after showing him her bruises while he was peeping on her and later on when she was begging to die, Ju Dou attempts to seduce Tianqing. I reason that Ju Dou does this because...
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...future, you must also remain ethically and morally sound while doing so. Having read a scenario from a case study that proposed an ethical dilemma, I found that the rise for power and political gain in the workplace can test both an individual’s ethical judgment and strength. The issue here is that Michael is faced with an ethical dilemma regarding whether or not to participate in politics in order to capture a higher position within another sector of his organization. He is aware that his opponent Danielle has entered workplace politics at full speed, and is using every opportunity to gain leverage against Michael. The executive that will choose the best person for the position is Pierre, who is fair and diligent when choosing the appropriate candidate for the job. Michael however, has a real problem with trying to strategically place himself at the center of Pierre’s attention for the U.S. job. He has observed Danielle making great strides to win over Pierre by attracting him with her new ideas and the social alliances she is making within the company. He is truly reluctant about playing office politics, but feels that if he completely shies away from doing so his career may be in jeopardy. Michael’s opponent demonstrates legitimate political strategy and should be considered a...
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...Philippine politics Philippine politics now a day are full of corruption, cheating and full of shit. And at this world now elections are controlled by the people who have a lot of money also controlling the election by scaring other people. And that I can say that money is a powerful things in this world. Because of corruption Many rich people in the Philippines lack social responsibility, poor people have been conditioned that they do not have the resources required to help themselves or that change for the better is not possible since these are how things have been done ever since. It has always been this way with many political administrations in the past to the present. Limited development opportunities and options and living daily on a survival mode also breed negative attitudes such as “bahala na”, “kapit sa patalim” (living on the edge), and crab mentality (pulling others down in an effort to go ahead). I do salute and idolize Mr Marcos because of his ability to change the. Should I say world? Or people? Because of his era I can see that the people is full of respect on their own way. Yes., there’s always a corruption in terms of politics but now there’s a big difference mga gahaman at nasisilaw ang mga tao sa pera. Politics in the Philippines or in other country is a powerful because they have the power of all. They are authorized person they can do what they want yes they’re the one who create the batas. But also they are the one who violate the human laws. And also...
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...Pakikisama is the opposite of individualism. In Filipino culture, a person who has no pakikisama is a loner, an individualist disdained by others who seek his company. He does not know how to “go with the crowd.” A related word is makibagay, “to conform” with the group in order to maintain a Smooth Interpersonal Relationship. Pakikisama is also sharing one’s wealth, talent, time and self with fellow human beings as in bayanihan, working together for a common good (with or without regard for monetary remunerationor favor in return for the acts). Politics and culture in my opinion should not be and cannot be separated because it is quite obvious that there is culture in politics and there is politics in culture.Both indespensable from each other , the other would fail to exist or sustain the existence if one is missing. A Politician as waht we call them (previously statesmen) will positively grant the requests and demands of his family, partymates, and friends or non friends for that matter just to ensur the security of support formt hem comes election period....
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...Student No: 057534 The theory of State of Kenya. To talk about my theory of state of Kenya, considerations must be made to the following factors. Firstly, we cannot talk about a state until we get beyond a single family and until a multitude of men and women (families, men, women and children) are united together. Secondly, a permanent relation of the peoples, both the governors and the governed, to a designated territory. Thirdly, there has to be unity of the whole, the cohesion of the state. Fourthly, the presence of a sovereign possessing authority. The state is not a lifeless instrument, a dead machine: it is a living and therefore organized being (Bluntschli, 2000). According to Mann (1993), the theories of state include class, elitist and pluralism theories. Mann further explains that according to the Marxist class theorists, the state is functional for modes of economic production and for classes. Modern states have been determined by a politicized class struggle, between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The pluralist theory on the other hand, only claim to explain only the modern democratic states. It is noted that pluralism consists of (i) the emergence of institutionalized contestation between politicians and pressure groups representing a plurality of interest in the society and (ii) the widening scope of participation by the public in the contestation. When combined, the contestation and public participation generated genuine democracy which results in...
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...Political Empowerment of Women: Comparative Study of South Asian Countries Amna Mahmood A South Asia is a home of variety of cultures, languages and religions. Here we can find a number of variations in customs, value systems and ways of life. But one thing is common among all the cultures and regions of South Asia that is gender discrimination. Women traditionally are considered subordinated to the male and this remained a prominent feature both in the rural and the urban areas. In urban areas a little improvement is due to enhanced level of education and economic independence in women. There is very less distinction of educated and uneducated as that of religion in this regard. The situation is improved with regard to political empowerment especially with the allocation of 33% seats in local government in South Asia but in most of the cases this change is not satisfactory. The real empowerment would be achieved only if it would be accompanied by the social and economic empowerment. For that purpose, society has to be changed at large. Such change cannot be materialized only through any coercive legislation or strong state action in the blink of an eye. But the fact remains there that in societies where all the changes start from top to bottom these measures along with a strong political will can stimulate a change to improve the situation gradually. This paper discusses the measures taken by different governments in South Asia to achieve the goal of political empowerment and...
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...Process? It is often said that young people lack interest and concern in politics, showing indifference to the modern political process. This claim will be explored in the context of contemporary Britain, acknowledging possible explanations for this apathy and analysing how recent trends may be affecting the level of political interest amongst the youth culture. The difference between old and modern politics will also be discussed, examining how this fits in with youth culture. To begin to acknoweldge why young people may be apathetic towards the modern political process, it is crucial to understand how the youth view politics and how these views have been acquired. For some it would seem that there is a definite lack of education in what politics is, rather than a complete lack of interest. The National Curriculum consists of 4 key stages and it is not until Citizenship lessons at key stage 3 (11 - 14 years old) that British children are taught "knowledge and understanding about becoming informed citizens" (National Curriculum Online: nc.uk.net) which includes topics on politics. Because of the legal obligations to schools to abide by the National Curriculum many find it difficult or impossible to offer content outside of its scope - the result being that only National Curriculum material is covered. In terms of political education, this means that many children have had no educational of politics since the introduction of the National Curriculum in 1989. Hence large numbers...
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