Lists Of Contents Tagged With "Social"
Since Aristotle’s time, the forms of government envisioned by different political ideologies have been the following:
It is a government in the hand of a single absolute ruler. It is derived from the Greek “autokrateia” – “autos” which means self and “krateia” which means “rule.” An absolute ruler is a despot – someone who insists on his way ...
The word power has a generally negative connotation (Marger, 1981). We talk about people being “power mad” “power hungry, or “only out of power”. We often associate power with tyrants, dictators, and leaders of fascist and totalitarian regimes. But power can also be used to combat sexism, racism and tyrannical rules, as shown in “people power” social movements.
Power is ...
The following factors account for the development of culture:
Biologically and culturally, the Filipino is a hodgepodge, a mixture or blending of different racial strains, the indigenous or primitive strains (Negrito, Aeta, Ati, Ita, Pygmy or Baluga), mixing and blending with the Oriental or eastern strains (Indonesians, Malays, Chinese, Japanese, Arabs, Thais, etc.) and with the Occidental or Western strains (Spanish, Americans, Portugese, English) but with the Malay strain ...
The following practices are the bases of selecting a marriage partner:
1. Parental Selection or Arranged Marriages
Families that have important stake in the type of spouse their son or daughter will take usually practice this, E.g., Will he or she readily adjust to the family’s code of behaviour? Will he or she ...
There has probably never been a society where religion is altogether absent. From this, sociologists have inferred that religion is a crucial part of social life. Why is religion so critical and so pervasive? What purposes does religion serve for societies and individuals? Functionalist sociologists provide some answers.
Across the years our educational system has been rocked by controversies which have remained unabated up to this day. Amidst the welter of issues, two of them have managed to stand out in importance: quality and relevance. The major difficulty in education in the Philippines is the short-sighted policy of sacrificing the quality and quantity of education for reasons of ...
No 1. Filipinos place a very high regard for and value on society where there is much poverty and where members of narrow affluent classes are associated with a good education; education is thought to be a possible ladder for social mobility. However, while we do have an extensive educational system, what we have ironically perpetuates inequity rather than provide ...
To address the numerous political problems of the country, the government has adopted/planned the following programs and measures:
The best single criterion derived from work is satisfaction. There are age cycles in vocational satisfaction for both men and women. In their early twenties, most individuals are glad to have a job, even if it is not entirely to their liking, because it gives them the independence they want and makes marriage possible. With the confidence of youth, they ...
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