DEFINING POLITICS

• POLITICS INVOLVES THE PRODUCTION, ALLOCATION AND USE OF DECISION-

MAKING POWERS AMONG LARGE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS.
AND CULTURE

• CULTURE REFERS TO EVERYTHING SOCIALLY CREATED (FISKE, 1996)

• ONE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF CULTURE IS THAT IT IS SHARED BY
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF INTERACTING HUMANS.
FILIPINO POLITICAL CULTURE

• IS A SYSTEMATICALLY RELATED SET OF MENTAL (THINK) AND CONCRETE

CONSTRUCTIONS (ACT/DO). IT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO BELIEFS,
FEELINGS, GROUP-ACCEPTED PRACTICES, LANGUAGE AND PARAPHERNALIA
SHARED BY LARGE GROUPS OF FILIPINOS -
FILIPINO POLITICAL CULTURE

• AS THEY PRODUCE, ALLOCATE AND USE POLITICAL POWERS WITHIN,

OUTSIDE, AND IN INTERACTION WITH THE STATE.
 DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE POLITICAL CULTURE
Objective Components Examples of objective Manifest meaning: what Latent meaning: what is
of Filipino political political culture is directly observed symbolized or implied
culture
House Representative is Invitation to be the In the future, the local leader's family
asked by a local leader to daughter's can expect to be given employment
act as the godfather at wedding godfather opportunities and other special
Political practice the wedding of the politico-economic favors by this
leader's daughter. powerful politician. In turn, the
Representative can expect the
leader's family to help during the
campaign period.
 DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE POLITICAL CULTURE
Objective Components Examples of objective Manifest meaning: what Latent meaning: what is
of Filipino political political culture is directly observed symbolized or implied
culture
"Huwag n'yo akong "Don't challenge me." I am powerful and you are not.
subukan." Don't threaten me, or I will hit
back at you.
Political language "Doon tayo mag-usap" – "Let's talk over there (far Hand over some bribe money
from a traffic policeman from the and I won't give you a violation
to a traffic Violator eyes of other people)." ticket this time.
 DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE POLITICAL CULTURE
Objective Components Examples of objective
of Filipino political political culture
culture
DU30 car plate, during
Digong’s Campaign
Political artifact Red-colored streamers,
banners during street
rallies
Manifest meaning: what Latent meaning: what is
is directly observed symbolized or implied
I am a firm supporter of “My Ghad I hate DRUGS- - - and also
Duterte. criminals and yellow*****.
Content of whatever is Groups with red-colored streamers/
printed on the streamers, banners are associated with leftists
banners (NPA’s supporters)