Politics and Governance Quiz

Politics

• Politics involves diversity, conflict, and scarcity, making it a struggle over scarce resources.
• Politics is the ability to achieve a desired outcome, often through means like force, influence, or coercion.

Faces of Power

• Power can be exercised by making decisions, setting the political agenda, or controlling thoughts.
• Decision-making power involves using force ("the stick"), mutual gain ("the deal"), or creating obligations ("the kiss").
• Agenda-setting power prevents issues from being discussed or addressed.
• Thought control influences thoughts, desires, or needs.

Government vs. Governance

• Government refers to the formal institutions that govern a society, including the people and organizations making and enforcing laws.
• Governance encompasses formal and informal institutions, rules, and norms that regulate behavior within a society.
• Governance relates to the government's management of public affairs, encompassing decision-making and implementation processes.

Good Governance

• Good governance delivers effective and efficient results that meet societal needs while maximizing resource utilization.
• Accountability is crucial for good governance, applying to governmental institutions, private sectors, and civil society organizations.
• Achieving good governance in its entirety is challenging, but it's an ideal worth striving for to ensure sustainable human development.

Philippine Constitution

• The Constitution is the highest law in the Philippines, dictating the framework for all laws and governing the actions of citizens and residents.
• The 1987 Philippine Constitution establishes and defines governmental powers, dividing them across different branches for efficient and safe exercise for the benefit of the people.

Development of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

• Martial Law was declared by President Marcos in 1972, abolishing Congress and consolidating power under his control.
• The Martial Law era lasted until 1981.
• The 1987 Constitution replaced the 1973 Constitution following People Power Revolution in February 1986.

Bill of Rights

• Section 2 of the Bill of Rights protects individuals' security against unreasonable searches and seizures, requiring probable cause and judicial oversight.
• Section 3 of the Bill of Rights guarantees the inviolability of private communication and correspondence, except when authorized by a court or justified by public safety.
• Section 4 of the Bill of Rights ensures freedom of speech, expression, and press, including peaceful assembly and petitioning the government.

Power and Political Ideologies

• Power refers to the ability of one entity to influence another.
• Raven and French identified five types of power: Expert power, Referent power, Legitimate power, Reward power, and Coercive power

Inherent Power of the State

• Inherent powers are those held by the state without express written permission in a formal document.
• These include the power to tax, police power, and the power of eminent domain.

Power of Taxation

• The power of taxation enables the legislature to levy burdens on subjects and objects within its jurisdiction for revenue generation.
• These revenues fund government operations and initiatives aimed at building a just and humane society.

Police Power

• Police power grants the legislature the authority to create laws for the good and welfare of the state.
• It’s based on the principle of "salus populi est suprema lex" (the welfare of the people is the supreme law) .
• its purpose is to improve social and economic conditions in the community.

Power of Eminent Domain

• This power allows the state to take private property for public use upon paying just compensation and following due process.

Test your understanding of key concepts in politics, such as power dynamics, governance, and decision-making. Explore how scarcity and conflict shape political outcomes and the distinction between government and governance. This quiz will challenge your grasp of the intricate workings of political systems.