FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Preliminaries in Politics

Introduction
Group Activity (15 min)/Presentation (15
min): a tool to know where we are at
Guidelines: 1.) What comes into your
minds hearing the word politics? Why? 2.)
What can you associate something that
symbolizes politics (draw/illustrate)? How?
Presentation for 2 minutes at most per
group (explaining the symbolism and what
they knew about politics)

Basic Concepts: Politics

Etymology. Politics is derived from
the Greek word polis to mean a city,
tantamount to todays state.
It deals with the dynamics of the
state, its government and its
relationship with people and the laws
that govern them

Basic Concepts: Politics

Definition. Politics is the use of POWER
by those in AUTHORITY to make
DECISIONS by establishing ORDER for
the COMMON GOOD
The course is designed to shed light
on politics (government and
fundamental law) in the context of the
Philippines.