Politics and governance : history, government and constitution / Rodrigo D. Costales, Dennis J. Saluba and Abigeil F. Carlos. --

Includes references, appendices and index.

Chapter 1- Concepts of history and political science 1 -- Chapter 2- Geographic location 13 -- Chapter 3- The coming of Magellan 20 -- Chapter 4- Governments during the Spanish colonization (1565-1898) Chapter 5- Governments during the American and Japanese occupations 39 -- Chapter 6- Third republic of the Philippines 50 -- Chapter 7- Martial law years and the fourth republic of the Philippines 59 -- Chapter 8- The revolutionary government and the fifth republic of the Philippines 68 -- Chapter 9- Concept of the constitution and the introductory articles 78 -- Chapter 10- Constitution of liberty 96 -- Chapter 11- Constitution of government 123 -- References 185 -- Appendices 190 -- Index 305 --

"Textbook writing is one area where one can enjoy two things. First, cultivating the sense of diligence in reading literatures, composing a narrative, and putting them in coherence; and second, developing the value of reading as foundation of learning. The product of putting the two together is a textbook that would bridge a caveat created by the integration of two very important subjects in general education. These are the fields of history and government with constitution. The integration of these two subjects left mentors with nothing to use as a common textbook. To address this problem, the authors decided to put up their research together and form this book for use on said subjects." --