I. Southeast Asian countries, due to their historical and social complexity, continue to deviate from widely held political theories. In this paper, I will employ the work of Alexis De Tocqueville and Robert Putnam to show how the Philippines and Thailand prove to be enigmatic in that regard. I argue that we see a largely active civil society but low democratization in Thailand and the Philippines owing to their authoritarian histories and lack of democratic institutionalization. I chose to…
written by Jose F. Lacaba. The film was entered in the 42nd Cannes Film Festival. The story is a about a former priest willing to pursue social activism then reconsiders to join again in the resistance. The film was banned in the Philippines by Corazon Aquino because of its message against the government. Mariquina is a film directed by Milo Sogueco and written by Jerrold Tarog. Mariquina was film in Cinemalaya X in the New Breed Category. The story is about a woman who needs to find the right…
Acid test for the servant leader Introduction What is a leadership? Merriam-Webster defines leadership in three ways: a position as a leader of a group, organization, etc., the time when a person holds the position of leader, and the power or ability to lead other people. In an organizational or business all of these apply. However, the final definition of ability applies most to this answering this question for purposes of this review. Leadership is often identified in the traits and…
father’s success, ardently creating a safe and united society and a new era of hope and happiness, becoming Park Geun-Hye, the president of South Korea. Around the world there is women who have been successful as leaders so as: Mother Theresa, Corazon aquino even Malala Yousafzai, who is only eighteen years old and still fighting to change her country. Now in present days, the US has more than three female candidates running for president, two main candidates are Hillary Clinton and Carly…