Notes on Power

Atty. Archill Niña F. Capistrano, MInternatRel

Department of Political Science
University of San Carlos

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GAHUM
Impluwensya
Influence

POWER Kusog

Strength/Force
Lakas
KAPANGYARIHAN

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• Power is generally understood as the capacity to
make someone do something which she/he
would otherwise not do.

• On the other hand, power also includes the

ability to resist control.

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GAHUM
Katungdanan

Authority/Responsibility
Katungkulan
POWER Katungod

Right
Karapatan

KAPANGYARIHAN

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 High Right Authority/responsibility
taas
katungod katungdanan

Low Force/Strength Influence

ubos
kusog impluwensya

Power Inherent/conferred by law Acquired/earned

hatag/tanyag sa kinaiyahan o balaod maangkon o makuha
Gahum

ANFC 2016 Notes on Forms of Power | Mga hulagway sa gahum

Image credits: Google Images & Stan Lee’s Spiderman
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 “With great power comes great responsibility.”
– Attributed to Ben Parker, father figure of Peter Parker (Spiderman)

“Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.”
(Later version: Your right ends where others’ rights begin.)

– For an interesting story of this saying’s origin

see http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/15/liberty-fist-nose/

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 Right Authority/responsibility
katungod katungdanan
High
taas

Low
ubos
Force/Strength Influence
kusog impluwensya

Power Inherent/conferred by law Acquired/earned

hatag/tanyag sa kinaiyahan o balaod maangkon o makuha
Gahum

ANFC 2016 Notes on Forms of Power | Mga hulagway sa gahum

Image credits: Google Images & GMA’s Encantadia 2016
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 High Violation/step on rights Oppression
taas
paglapas/yatak sa katungod panglupig

Coercion/
Low Threat Intimidation Deception
ubos violence hulga gulat panglimbong
kapintas

Power Inherent/conferred by law Acquired/earned

hatag/tanyag sa kinaiyahan o balaod maangkon o makuha
Gahum

ANFC 2016 Notes on abuses of power | Pag-abuso sa gahum

Image credits: Google Images & GMA’s Encantadia 2016
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 Violation/step on rights Oppression
paglapas/yatak sa katungod pagpanglupig
High
taas

Low
ubos
Coercion/ Threat Intimidation Deception
violence hulga gulat pagpanglimbong
kapintas

Power Inherent/conferred by law Acquired/earned

hatag/tanyag sa kinaiyahan o balaod maangkon o makuha
Gahum

ANFC 2016 Notes on abuses of power | Pag-abuso sa gahum

Image credits: Google Images & GMA’s Encantadia 2016
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts
absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
– Lord Acton

“I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.”

– Patricia Cornwall

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 Some points for reflection
• How would you locate the different forms and abuses of
power in your context as

• a member of your family

• a student

• a friend

• a member of the community

• as part of the country’s population

• What mechanisms do you have to resist/repel the abuses of

power?

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