Chapter 1

Introduction

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them” – Harry S. Truman

According to Aristotle’s book: The Politics, the word “politics” comes from the Greek

word “polis” which means “city-state.” In the ancient world, city-states are small countries

regarded as centers of culture and civilization where people interact under a unified government.

What transpires in the polis is politics and the origin of the word therefore suggests that politics

is a term encompassing the totality of human activities transpiring within the city-state. As it is

applied now, it denotes everything that transpires in the state as well as among states. This means

that politics are executing expansive range in the social levels from a clan, tribes, local

governments, institutions and up to sovereign state. However, according to Atty. Michael Jhon

Tamayo other political scientists prefer to define politics as the art, rather than the science, of

government. It is an art because it involves the exercise of control or authority within the society

through the creation and enforcement of consensus arrived at by the leaders. It involves the

process through which the government skilfully addresses the needs of the society by carefully

allocating benefits, rewards, and penalties. Politics therefore, in its broad sense means conflict

resolution through the creation, maintenance, and amendment of societal norms or rules.

Thus, in politics there are methods to be execute which includes promoting your political

ideology in the society, negotiation in other political subject, creating laws, exercising power

which includes warfare against enemy of the state. Hammarlund (1985). The creation of political

ideology comes from the dynamic of political spectrum, a concept that models political beliefs

and ideologies as a continuum, with left-wing liberalism and right-wing conservatism anchoring
the two poles. A radical extreme of the far-left would be anarchism, with fascism its counterpart

on the far-right and most people falling somewhere closer to the center on the political spectrum.

On the other hand, political ideology is a coherent set of views on politics and the role of the

government. Consistency over a wide range of issues is the hallmark of a political ideology. It is

widely involves itself on how to allocate the power and what kind of power would be imposed

and some parties continue the ideology while some exploring and get some inspirations to other

groups that are still closely related which will identify there political spectrum not only that aside

from a the political ideology that you will impose to your society a great politician also possess

the characteristic of being intelligent, high self-esteem, desire to influence others, relevant in

knowledge, having integrity and last is being honest.

This past few decades the Philippines experience a transition of government from a

authoritarian ideology of Marcos to a democratic ideology of Aquino which until now we are

nourished the freedom and now influenced by Marcos’ ideology the Philippine government is

now emerging for making a change from what he believes to be right and just he is the 16 th

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

In this research we will analyze what is the political ideology of President Rodrigo

Duterte during his administration. Does he follow the political ideology of former President

Ferdinand Marcos as what the people are saying or will he create his own political ideology

handling this administration?

Objectives of the Study:

1. Identify the Political Ideology of President Duterte during his term;

2. Analyze the effects of his ideology in his administration;

 3. Analyze the significant impact of his ideology to Filipino people.

Significance of the study:

The importance of the study is to determine the political ideology of President Rodrigo

Duterte during his administration and what would be the impact and effect of his ideology to the

people

This study will benefit the following:

Citizen: This study will serve a guide to the people who are willing to know what kind of

political ideology President Duterte have.

Future Researchers: The propose study will benefits and help the future researcher as

their guide and can also open a development to the study the political ideology of President

Duterte.

Political Science Program: This study will give the knowledge to educate the students

by analyzing and what would be the political ideology of President Duterte

Scope and Delimitation of the Study:

The scope of the study focuses on the perceived political ideology President Rodrigo

Duterte of selected political science students of Cavite State University 2020-2021. The study

will be held be conducted within the month of February to March 2021.

Due to pandemic the participants of the study are will be just selected 30 political science

students of the Cavite State University specifically 10 Second Year political science students, 10

Third year political science students and 10 Fourth Year political science students