Philippine politics & government for senior high school /

includes references.

Table of contents -- Part I: Concepts and tools for analysis -- Chapter 1: Politics 3 -- Chapter 2: Political science 27 -- Chapter 3 Political ideology 69 -- Chapter 4: The state and the society 87 -- Chapter 5: Government 107 -- Chapter 6: Political institutions and political culture 129 -- Part II: Historical development of the Philippine politics and government -- Chapter 7: Pre colonial politics 145 -- Chapter 8: Spanish era 161 -- Chapter 9: The first republic 175 -- Chapter 10: American civil government 193 -- Chapter 11: 1935 constitution 207 -- Chapter 12: Japanese era 217 -- Chapter 13: Third republic 223 -- Chapter 14: Martial law and Marcos era 243 -- Chapter 15: The fifth republic 255 -- Part III: Contemporary Philippine politics and government 277 -- Chapter 17: Citizenship, civil society, and political participation 301 -- References 317 --

"The book is basically divided into three important part. The first part of the book discusses important concepts and tools in the study politics. Chapter 1 deals with the concept of politics and other related concepts like power, conflict, and decision making . Chapter 2 discusses Political Science as a discipline. It also includes the different political ideologies that serve as guide for individuals and groups. The concept and nature of the state is discussed in Chapter . The next chapter focusses on the concept and nature of government. Chapter 6 focuses on two important and intertwined concepts: political institutions and political culture. The chapters would like to establish the relationship between the two to further understand the situation of society. These are the important concepts and tools that must be understood first before going into the discussion on Philippine politics. The second part of the book discusses Philippine politics and government using historical analysis. Each chapter tackles the Philippine government and politics starting from the pre-colonial era, Spanish era, American era, Japanese Era, Martial law era, and the Fifth Republic. The purpose of this of this part is to allow us to see the development of Philippine politics and government in a wider perspective. This would allow us to understand our present condition by looking at past. The last part of the book tackles contemporary Philippine politics and government. It has two chapters wherein Chapter 16 talks about the basic features of our government and politics. The last chapter (Chapter 17) discusses the importance of citizenship, political participation, and civil society in the democratic processes we have. Hopefully, through these discussions, the authors hope for the better and wider understanding of Philippine politics.