Government, Political

Processes and Public

Administration
College of Political Science and Public Administration
Department of Public Administration and Governance
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Presented by :

Assoc. Prof. MICHVILLE A. RIVERA, MPA

 Topics Outline

A. What is Government?, Government as an Element of

the State & Government and Public Administration
B. Amalgamated Political and Economic Processes
C. Review of the Forms of Government
D. Legislature Revisited
E. Executive Revisited
F. Judiciary Revisited
G. Emerging Issues in Philippine Government System
H. Challenges

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 REALLY

POLITICS
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Politics

To participate politically
is to have knowledge of
structure (polity),
processes (politics) and
content (policy).
(Reichert, 2010)

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Government as an Element of the State (De Leon & De Leon Jr., 2011)

Territory People Government Sovereignty

Are we all here part of the government?

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CIVIL SERVICE, Core of Government is an agency of the state that
Public Administration, formulates, expresses and carries-out the will
people of every branch, of the state (De Leon & De Leon Jr., 2011).
agency, subdivision and
instrumentality of the
Government is the totality of all institutions on
government including
which the will of the state is carried (Leveriza,
GOCC (Leveriza, 2009).
2009).

Social Contract Theory

Government is an aggregate of authorities of
& Necessity or Force
whom the society is bound to obey (Zulueta,
Theory (De Leon & De
2011).
Leon Jr., 2011)
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 Government and Public Administration

◉ Government is “totality
of institutions”…

◉ Administration is an
Governance is the “aggregate of persons
function of government in the government”
(Leveriza, 2009)
◉ Administrative Services
Public Administration = is an aggregate works
Government in Action of the administration
(Leveriza, 2009) (Leveriza, 2009)
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 Public Administration (PA) Defined

PA is an organized process of implementing the goals and objectives of

an organization (Richard & Copen; Zulueta, 2011)

“Wherever there is government, there is public administration. Public

administration refers to cooperative human action to achieve the
purposes of government” (de Guzman; Zulueta, 2011)

GOVERNANCE = POLITICS
POLITICS = PROCESSES
HARMONIZED PROCESSES = PA

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 Political Processes

◉ Operations of the government

◉ Legislative, Executive, Judiciary
◉ Interdependent relationship of
the three branches
◉ Expression, formulation and
carrying the will of the people

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 LAWS

“a government of law not of men”

(Zulueta,
10 2011)
 LAWS
How are people,
Will of the people government and laws
related?

Police power (De Leon &

De Leon Jr., 2011)
PEOPLE
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Amalgamated ECONOMIC LAWS
Political and Production Fiscal and
Economic Monetary Policies
Processes
Examples:
Distribution & Ceiling and Floor
These economic Prices,
Exchange
laws are just the TRAIN LAW
same with other
laws, they are RA No. 10963
products of political
processes. Consumption Fajardo, 2014

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 Let’s Review: Forms of Government

What What is the

relationship relationship
Who has the exist between between
powers? National and legislative
Local and executive
Government? departments?

Republican Democratic, Unitary, Presidential

(De Leon & De Leon Jr., 2011)

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LEGISLATURE

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◉ Legislature is a group of General Enact
people elected to make,
change or repeal law
(Leveriza, 2009).
Approve
◉ Set the general rules of the Appointment Specific
government (De Leon & De
Leon Jr., 2011)
◉ Bicameral or Unicameral Inherent Implied
Taxation Investigate
◉ Functions/ Powers
◉ Article VI, 1987 Constitution
(Zulueta, 2011)
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B First Reading CHECKS &
C Forward to Appropriate BALANCES
Committee
G Second Reading ◉ Power to
F Debate Veto
Article 6,
D Distribution of Copies
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E Third Reading
◉ Thirty-day
H Forward to Next House allowance
A Approval of the Joint to veto
Bicameral Committee
(De Leon & De
I Approval of the
Leon Jr., 2011)
President
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EXECUTIVE

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◉ Executive carries out the will Administrative Diplomatic Immunity
of the people (Jaconsen &
Lipman (n.d.), Zulueta, 2011).
◉ Titular and Real (Zulueta,
2011) Executive Appointive &
Removal
◉ Administer laws (De Leon &
De Leon Jr.,2011)
◉ Functions/Powers (Zulueta,
2011) Legislative Military Pardoning
◉ Article VII, 1987 Constitution

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 JUDICIARY

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◉ Judiciary is in
charge of
interpretation and
application of
laws (Zulueta, Regular Special Quasi-judicial
2011, De Leon & De
Leon Jr., 2011). Inferior Sandiganbayan Administrative
Courts bodies
◉ Organization of
Judiciary (Zulueta, Regional
2011) Trial Courts
Supreme
Court
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 Settle disputes
Adjudicatory
◉ Judiciary Investigate discretion of powers
functions to
administering
justice (Zulueta,
Validate
2011)
Review Interpret
◉ Judicial Powers
(De Leon & De Binding judgments
Leon Jr.,2011)

Incidental Punish persons adjudged in

contempt
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 Promulgate
rules Original
◉ Primary Functions of the concerning Jurisdiction
Judiciary (Zulueta, 2011) protection of
rights
◉ Independence of Judiciary as
paragon of justice (Zulueta, Order change Review, Revise
2011) of venue of modify or
trial affirm an
◉ Rights are guaranteed appeal
◉ Article VIII, 1987 Constitution
Appoint all Assign
officials and temporary
employees of judges
the Judiciary

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Separation of Powers and Checks & Balance

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 Challenge in Public Administration

Politicians-Administrator Accord (Leveriza, 2009)…

◉ Administrator has political influence
◉ PA and Politics are intertwined
◉ Politician-administrator
◉ Integrated powers for general welfare of the people

Aa PA professionals, let us act as partners of politicians in the

business of government in order to function based on
mandate, and that is to serve the people.

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 “
The love of equality in a democracy limits ambition
to the sole desire, to the sole happiness, of doing
greater services to our country than the rest of our
fellow-citizens.
- Baron de Montesquieu-
(Curtis, n.d.)-
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 About this template
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Reichert, F. (2010). Political Competences and Political Participation: One the Role of "Objective"
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THANK YOU!

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