Chapter 11

POLITICAL
SELF
DEVELOPING A FILIPINO IDENTITY
Values- it are individual beliefs that
motivate people to act one way or
another. They serve as a guide for
human behavior.
Traits- a distinguishing quality or
characteristic, typically one
belonging to a person.
 Community Factor-Community Factor- many factors combine
together to affect the health of individuals and communities.
Whether people are healthy or not, is determined by their
circumstances and environment. To a large extent, factors such as
where we live, the state of our environment, genetics, our income
and education level, and our relationships with friends and family
all have considerable impacts on health, whereas the more
commonly considered factors such as access and use of health
care services often have less of an impact.

 Institutional
Factor- An institutional factor that is known to
influence academic career is organizational prestige.
Undergraduate or graduate study at a prestigious organization is
found to be a good predictor of future academic employment
(Gaughan & Robin, 2004) and promotion (Long et al., 1993). For
examples: norms, and routines that guide behavior.
 Collective action, shared vision,
means of sustainable future and the
link to generation has been crucial in
the construction of identity and sense
of belonging in the democratic
standpoint.
THREE MAJOR CONCERNS IN
BUILDING AN IDENTITY
Instrumental

Moral

Transformative
Aspects in Developing Filipino Identity
Individual Institutional Macro Factors at
Attitudes and Factors the Societal Level
Traits
*Dualism of Filipino traits *Family *Immediate community
with which one readily
*Colonial/Accomodative *Church identifies one’s self
surface value
*School *Less intimate grouping
*Confrontable surface of which one is a
value *Media member

Pivotal Interpersonal *Government

Value
*Non-government
*Linking socio-personal
Value *People’s organization

*Associated Societal
Value
Establishing a Democratic
Culture

 Senseof community and public good

and empowerment of people are
central questions to consider in the
development of democracy agenda.
 Accordingto Diokno 1999, In her article
becoming a Filipino Citizen, Perspective
on Citizenship and Democracy. The
agenda was crafted in September 1996
conference in which perceptions of citizenship
and democracy from different standpoints
were discussed.
March and Olsen’s Framework of Przeworski’s Concept of Effective
Democratic Political Development Citizenship
 Building Institutions that civilize  Official Conduct in accordance
expression of solidarity and with the law.
confrontation of conflict among  A judicial system applied equality
identities to all.
 For specific Identities that fit into  Social conditions for the exercise
and support a democratic political of citizen’s right.
order.
 Sense of solidarity that connects
the individual to a broad political
community of others and
organizes other belongings in a
way that enriches the community.
Democratic Agenda
 Improve the political and social environment and reduce poverty
through structural reforms in order to foster a sense of community
and enable citizens to exercise their rights and fulfill their obligation
 Continually re-examine societal institutions responsible for value
formation so that they can inculcate, rather than indoctrinate,
democratic citizenship values.
 Incorporate cross –cultural activities in public and private sector
programs, including those schools, churches, NGOs and Pos, so as to
recognize ethnolinguistic and cultural diversity in the country.
 Further promote the use of Filipino and Philippine Languages in all
transactions so as to enable the articulation of citizenship and
democratic views and values.
 Continue to harness institutional as well as informal mechanisms
that open up space for the exercise of citizenship and democracy.
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