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PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

TOPIC: THE CONCEPTS OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE
Name:______________________________ Date Submitted:_____________
Section:______________________ Date Received:______________
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being
governed by your inferiors.”
- Plato
Activity 1
Directions: Identify the following statements according to the characteristics of good
governance. Write your answers on the space provided.
____________________1. People actively participated or involved in decision-making
processes of the government.
____________________2. Enactment of laws in promotion of general welfare of the
society.
____________________3. Government’s decision-making process must be open to the
public.
____________________4. Government is responsible to the public.
____________________5. Implementation of Citizen’s Charter.
____________________6. Creation of Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps).
____________________7. Declaration of State of Calamity during strong typhoon and
giving of relief goods and other needs to the affected areas of natural disasters.
___________________8. Implementation of mandatory wearing of face mask.
___________________9. Enactment of laws may be referred to the people for its
approval or rejection.
___________________10. Allocation and utilizing of funds for projects, programs and
activities of the government.
Activity 2: TRUE or FALSE
Directions: Write T if the statement is true and F it is otherwise. Write your answer on
the space provided before the number.
____1. Politics is an art of the government; it is concerns with the processes of the
government affairs specifically in decision-making.
____2. Political and non political has no distinction because it has the same purpose.
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____3. Negotiation and compromise are more important than using of power to resolve
conflicts.
____4. In studying politics, legitimate of powers needs to be considered which is purely
exercised by the government personnel.
____5. All institutions of state are responsible to public interest.

Activity 3
Directions: Encircle the words or group of words which does not belong the group.
1. Political Nonpolitical Quasi-political

2. Participatory Responsive Religious Effective and efficient

3. art of government science of governance public affairs

compromise and consensus power

4. government personnel government machinery government administration

5. indigenous groups politician civil servant lobbyist

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