REPUBLIC ACT NO.

10909

“NO SHORTCHANGING
ACT OF 2016”
CHAPTER I:
THE CONCEPTS OF POLITICS
AND GOVERNANCE

1.1 The meaning of politics

1.2 How politics can be studied
1.3 The meaning of governance
 POLITICS
- It comes from the Greek word
politikos, which means “pertaining
to the polis”
Decision-making

Decision-enforcing
- In summary, politics involves:

1. An official allocation of things, activities,

ideas, and other phenomena which
society gives importance to

2. A determination by government of who

should get what benefits, when, and
how

3. Analysis of public issues giving rise to

conflict
• Politics can be studied through political
science,
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Aristotle

– study of the work or

function of a politician
or stateman.
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jean Bodin

– coined the term

Science Politique
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Baron de
Montesquieu

– expanded the
concept to mean all
the functions of
government.
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paul Janet

– focused on two
political bodies, the
state and the
government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
AND OTHER
DISCIPLINES
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
HISTORY
- History comes from the Greek word
historia, which means “investigation or
inquiry”.

“The country follows the path where

politics leads it”
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
ECONOMICS
- Economics comes from the Greek word
oikonomos, which means “household
management”.

- Politician and Economist

“production, distribution, consumption”

“the Philippines is largely dependent on
the export of labor”
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
-
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology comes from the Latin word
socius, which means “partners,
companions, associates, or mates”

- Political Sociology

“Politicians perform a never-ending ritual

to the families”
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
ANTHROPOLOGY
- Anthropology comes from the Greek
word anthropos, which means “man”.

- Anthropologists and the Politicians

- Evolution of political structures

 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
PSYCHOLOGY
- Deals with human behavior.

“Psychology is crucial to Political Science”

“The kind of political system influences

the behavior of people to the great
extent”
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
GEOGRAPHY
- Geography comes from the Greek word
geos, which means “earth”, and graphein,
which means “to write”.

- Geopolitics
- Location, territory, and resources

“The topography of a country is an important

factor in its external relations”
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
LAW
“An ordinance of reason for the common
good, made by him who has care of the
community and promulgated”
-St. Thomas Aquinas