Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Schools Division of Bohol

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

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Date: _______________________________________ Score: ________________

Quarter : 1 Week : 1 Day : 1 Activity No. : 1

Competency: : Explain the concept, relationship and importance of politics, governance and
government

Objective : Clearly Identify a specific political phenomenon and how it can be studied
Topic : The Concept of Politics and Governance
Materials :
Reference : DIWA Senior High School Series: Philippine Politics and Governance p.2
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Concept Notes:
The meaning of politics

Politics (from Greek: Polis definition "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to
members of a group, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control
over a human community, particularly a state. Furthermore, politics is the study or practice of the
distribution of power and resources within a given community (this is usually a hierarchically organized
population) as well as the interrelationship(s) between communities.
How politics can be studied

Political science is the study a range of political ideas, events, actions, and institutions. It includes both
understanding and explaining the world of politics that is all around us. We all participate in politics,
though most of the time we do so unknowingly. Politics is much more than simply voting in an election or
working in government. Reading or listening to news, making donations to aid groups, or talking with
friends and family about social issues and values are a few of the many examples of political activity in
our everyday lives.
Articulate definitions of politics

They are represented by the articulation between social movements, electoral institutions and political
parties. Political articulation can be defined as the degree to which citizens and citizen groups can
influence policy through democratic institutions.
Differentiate the various views on politics

Political parties base their political action on a certain ideology believed in by their members. ... We could
divide political ideologies under the following headers with many variations under each header:
Anarchism, Communism, Conservatism, Environmentalism, Gender-ism, Liberalism, Nationalism,
Religious, Socialism etc.

Activity
1. Why do individuals have an inherent inclinition toward politics ?
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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Schools Division of Bohol

Name: ______________________________________ Section: __________________________

Date: _______________________________________ Score: ________________

Quarter : 1 Week : 1 Day : 2 Activity No. : 2

Competency: : Explain the concept, relationship and importance of politics, governance and
government

Objective : Clearly Identify a specific political phenomenon and how it can be studied
Topic : The Concept of Politics and Governance
Materials :
Reference : DIWA Senior High School Series: Philippine Politics and Governance p.2
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Concept Notes:
The meaning of governance
Governance is all of the processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market or
network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory and whether through
the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society.[1] It relates to "the processes of interaction
and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the creation,
reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and institutions."[2] In lay terms, it could be described as
the political processes that exist in between formal institutions.
Government is the instrument of the state through which the will of the people is expressed, carried out, and
formulated. Thus, the government serves as the bridge that connects the people to the state.

Activity
1. Differentiate government from governance. What are their major differences?
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