Understanding Culture, Society

and Politics
Lesson 17 – Responding to Social,
Political, and Cultural Change
Understanding Culture, Society and
Politics
Responding to Social, Political, and
Cultural Change
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the learner is expected to:
1. Describe how human societies adapt to political, social, and cultural
change;
2. Discuss citizenship and the rights and obligations it entails;
3. Define participatory government and identify various means of
engaging in it;
4. Describe how information technology and new media have become
significant tools that enable participation in politics and society;
5. Define social movements and its characteristics;
6. Discuss and compare how various views consider and analyze social
movements;
7. Discuss the emergence of new social movements and how they are
distinct from mainstream social movements; and
8. Develop a plan of action for community-based response to change.
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Start Up:
Have the class watch a talk about the economic and
political change brought about by the rise of the sleeping giant –
China.
Dambisa MoyoIs: China the new idol for emerging economies
Have the students exchange opinion about the talk.
Instruct them to present their output through a mind map.

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• Refers to legal status of an individual in a

particular state that allows him or her to enjoy
certain rights and protection.
• Citizens are beneficiaries of social welfare
programs and other public services, and are
Citiz guaranteed protection from internal and
external threats.
ensh • Also bestows certain obligations like payment
of taxes and observance of laws.
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The 1987 Philippine Constitution recognizes the

following as Filipino citizens:
• Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the adoption of the
1987 Constitution;
• Those whose parents, mothers or fathers are citizens of the
Philippines;
• Those born before 17 January 1973, of Filipino mothers, and
who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of
majority; and
• Those who undergo the naturalization process.

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• Filipino citizens are guaranteed

rights such as those enshrined
The in the Bill of Rights in the 1987
Philippine Constitution.
Bill of • The constitution guarantees that
Rights the rights of every citizen are
protected and upheld by the
government.

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Different views on Citizenship

Michael Saward argued that the citizens are made not born, and that the
expectations on the roles and privileges of citizens are determined by
the citizens themselves.

Inclusive citizenship believes that the marginalized groups and

individuals should be empowered and included in political process.

Deliberative views on citizenship consider citizens as being involved

in dialogue, information exchange, and decision-making.

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Difference democratic
Some regional
view of citizenship sees
Cosmopolitan view of communities like the
that the practice of one’s
citizenship extends European Union have
citizenship is not limited
citizenship beyond the engaged citizens of
to direct involvement in
state to regional and various member states
government, or in public
international levels. and introduced a regional
events or engagements
concept of citizenship.
such as government fora.

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Participatory governance, according to the Unites Nations

Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), is one of
the many public institutional strategies that contribute to shared
visions in planning, budgeting, monitoring and accountability of
development policies and programs.

Citizens could be involved in political processes other than

elections.

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Various forms Information
of participation
and tools to
ensure Consultation
participation:
Involvement

Collaboration and
empowerment
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New Forms of Media and Social Networking

• Information society or network society was created due to the onset

of social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Wikipedia and
Google that have become part of our everyday lives.
• New media is a generic term for the various forms of electronic
communication made possible by digital or computer technology (e.g.
cable and satellite comm.).
• Social media includes forms of electronic communication that
facilitate social interaction and the formation of online communities
through the exchange of user-generated context.

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• E-Democracy covers a diverse range of

activities which may be initiated by
New government and other public bodies (“top-
down”) or by citizens and activists
Media (“bottom-up”).
and e- • It can also include activities that involve a
one-way flow of information from
politics government to citizens and those involving
a two-way process of interaction.

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Some Online voting
activities
related to e-
democracy: Online petitions organized by governments or other bodies

The use of referendum communications technology (ICT) to publicize

cause, organize action, lobby for reforms, or raise funds (e-campaigning)

Accessing political information, news, and comments via websites,

and blogs (web-logs)

The use of interactive television or social networking sites or social

media to allow citizens to engage in political debate and, possibly
policy-making
The use of mobile phones and social media to organize
popular protests and demonstrations

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Social Movements

• Collective efforts of individual

or groups are organized into
social movements to project
social change.
• Social movements refer to any
persistent, organized, collective
efforts to resist existing
structures.

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Social movements may also refer

to organized collective activities
to bring about or resist
fundamental change in an existing
group or society. Likewise, social
movements is defined as
“collective enterprises to establish
a new order of life”.

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• 1. Redemptive Movements: Redemptive

movements are usually religious in nature
which do not attempt to change society but
specifically, target change in people.
Types • 2. Alternative Movements : Alternative
of movements seeks total change among
individuals. Examples are students,
Socia organizations, civic societies, non
l government organizations or government
Move organizations campaigning to people,
especially the young one’s, to steer clear of
ments prohibited drugs.

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3. Reformative Movements: Reformative movements aim to

change not only one’s behavior, but also the behavior of the
whole society. These are nationally organized efforts to change
the norms of society.

4. Transformative Movements: Transformative movements

work for total change in the society.

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5. Regressive or Reactionary
Movements:
• Regressive or reactionary movements have their aim
of ‘setting back the clock’. Members view certain
social changes with suspicion and distaste and try to
reverse current trends in the society.

6. Reform or Revisionary Movements:

• Believe that certain changes in specific areas of
society are necessary but are still satisfied with the
existing order.

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7. Revolutionary
Movements: Revolutionary movements are deeply
dissatisfied with the existing social
order and work for radical change
that is tailored to their ideological
beliefs.

8. Utopian Movements: Refer to the member’s vision of

radical change and blissful life, either
on a large scale sometimes in the
future or on a small scale at present.
Several contemporary religious cults
are examples of Utopian movements.

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9. Escapist or Retreatist Movement :

• This movement do not seek to change

society, but to withdraw from it and
not to experience its corruption.
Certain religious sects are examples
of this type of movement where the
group of members isolate themselves
from contact with outsiders.

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10. Expressive Social movements:

• This aim to change the psychological and emotional
social movements of their individual members. The
basic forms of expressive movements are religious
movements and fashion movements which do not aim
to change the world, but give the members
opportunities for engaging in ceremonial and related
behavior so that inner feelings can be satisfactorily
expressed.

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Other important Social Movements

1. GLOBALIZATION- breaking down of the national

barriers so that nations can interact freely with each
other.

2. WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS - women claim the

rights as men.

3. INDUSTRIALIZATION-introduction of power
machines and the factory in the manufacture goods.

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Reference:

Arcilla-Serapio, Ma. Perpetua. Understanding Society, Culture

and Politics. Manila: Mindshapers Co., Inc. 2016.

Atienza, Maria Ela, et.al. Understanding Culture, Society and

Politics for Senior High School. Quezon City: C & E Publishing,
Inc. 2016.

Lanuza, Gerry M. and Raymundo, Sarah S. Understanding

Culture, Society and Politics. Manila: Rex Bookstore, 2016.

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