scholarly journals FIGHTING THE OLIGARCHS: PRESIDENT DUTERTE AND THE ARGUMENT AGAINST ELITE RULE – A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE ACADEME

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER RYAN MABOLOC
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Radical Politics ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Philippine Politics ◽  
Pragmatic Leadership

The focus of this study is the radical politics of President Rodrigo Duterte. The leader has clashed with influential businessmen on critical issues. This investigation examines the president’s battle against the oligarchy in the country. This research will try show that the rise to power of the first president from Mindanao is a reaction to elite rule. It seeks to reveal that the style of leadership of Duterte is reflective of the historical context that the critics of the president fail to account for. In arguing the case for Duterte’s non-conventional approach in overhauling Philippine politics and society, the issues involving some conglomerates in the country are mentioned. In terms of method, the interpretive and analytical approach will be used, citing the available literature and documents to strengthen the article’s arguments. The significance of this study has something to do with the idea of good governance. It argues that in the pursuit of a truly democratic society, the foundations of the basic structure must be strengthened. The pragmatic leadership of Duterte is a reflection of the deeper kind of radical change or substantive transformation that is needed to fight elite rule.

scholarly journals PECREATIVITY | PEOPLE ECONOMY CITY: THE CASE OF LONDON AS A PROACTIVE INVESTIGATION TOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Giuliana Bonifati
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Social Fields

The current historical context is characterised by a significant change in the economic and social fields that have led to the development of the economy of creativity and knowledge. This condition has laid the basis for the rise of a new social class. This radical change in the productive paradigm has started a series of modifications to urban spaces, setting in place a rooted change in the fabric of the city.The objective of this paper is to understand and interpret the nature of the changes under way and to investigate how what occurred in economic and social fields influenced the processes of urban regeneration. Starting from a theoretical background it will examine the concept of creativity applied to economics and social sciences. Secondly, by identifying the urban environment of London as a case study, it will analyze single cases that will show the root of these practices within urban spaces. The purpose of it will be verified by the possibility of building urban transformation strategies that use creativity as the tool of change.

scholarly journals May You Live in Interesting Times. Science vs. Pseudoscience in the Era of the Internet

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Mariusz Szynkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scientific Discourses ◽  
Social Scientific

May you live in interesting times, the famous maxim quotes. Undoubtedly, at least in the historical context, periods of political, social, scientific, or economic riots – or at least commotion, ferment, crisis – have certainly earned such a title. So have the epochs which were subject to radical transformations distorting traditional relationships and institutions, existing patterns and rules. The abovementioned “interestingness” is thus a function of a radical change, challenge and variability, somewhat a derivative of erosion, and of all that we associate it with the notion of revolution or turn, be it political, social, economic, environmental, or scientific. The paper’s core aim is to examine the nowadays constantly revised, questioned, thus, shaking demarcation between science and pseudoscience in the light of new trends such as misinformation, denialism, internetisation and memoisation of scientific discourses.

scholarly journals Anti-Capital for the XXIst Century (on the metacrisis of capitalism and the prospects for radical politics)

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 601-612
Author(s):  
Albena Azmanova
Keyword(s):  
Radical Change ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Entry Point ◽  
Radical Politics ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Xxist Century

Using the temperate nature of recent social protest as its entry point, this analysis investigates the current state of liberal democracies as one in which the purported crisis of capitalism has entered a crisis of its own – a social condition of metacrisis, marked by the absence of utopian energies and prospects for a revolution, even as society experiences itself in perpetual crisis. This inquiry then discerns the potential for radical change in terms of subverting capitalism (rather than overthrowing or resisting it) through practices that counteract the very constitutive dynamic of capitalism – the production of profit.

George W. Bush in Political Time: The Janus Presidency

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 473-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard N. Magliocca
Keyword(s):  
Party System ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Bush Administration ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Majority Party ◽  
Political Time ◽  
Governing Institutions ◽  
Political Failure

This essay places George W. Bush's presidency and the Bush administration in some historical context by applying the model of “political time” developed in recent books by Stephen Skowronek (2008) and Keith Whittington (2007). My thesis is that Bush's political failure during his second term was largely the result of structural tensions created by the attacks of September 11, 2001, that no leader could have overcome. This argument is an extension of Skowronek's and Whittington's views that the executive branch's relationship to other governing institutions is shaped primarily by the president's relative position in the party system. In essence, 9/11 undermined the coalition forged by Ronald Reagan by pushing President George W. Bush to pursue radical change. These actions could not be squared with his need, as the leader of the majority party, to maintain electoral stability. A presidency divided against itself in this way cannot, and did not, stand.

The Role of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) in the Relations between the Central Government and Four Major Kingdoms in Uganda

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-89
Author(s):  
George Musambira ◽  
Samuel Muwanguzi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cellular Phone ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Fm Radio ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

The role NICTs are playing in the relations between Uganda’s central government and four of the kingdoms in the country is analyzed and placed in the historical context within which each kingdom has pursued a strategy for preservation and development of its people’s unique culture and ethnic aspirations. A convergence of cellular phone and FM radio designed by the Buganda kingdom to confront the central government with specific demands and the government’s response are examined. The less combative use of NICTs by Bunyoro-Kitara, Busoga, and Toro kingdoms is described. An analysis of how each antagonist uses NICTs for a hegemonistic agenda is presented and cast against the application of NICTs for good governance and the prosperity of citizens.

“Men, Women, and Children Starving”: Archaeology of the Donner Family Camp

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly J. Dixon ◽  
Shannon A. Novak ◽  
Gwen Robbins ◽  
Julie M. Schablitsky ◽  
G. Richard Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Human Tissue ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Animal Tissue ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Wild Game ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Lake Site ◽  
The Human Condition

In spring of 1846, the George and Jacob Donner families and some 80 traveling companions began their overland trek to California. When the party ascended the Sierra Nevada in late October, a snowstorm forced the group to bivouac. At this point, the train became separated into two contingents; the larger party camped near Donner Lake and the smaller group—including the Donner families—settled at Alder Creek. Though written accounts from the Lake site imply many resorted to cannibalism, no such records exist for Alder Creek. Here we present archaeological findings that support identification of the Alder Creek camp. We triangulate between historical context, archaeological traces of the camp, and osteological remains to examine the human condition amid the backdrops of starvation and cannibalism. A stepped analytical approach was developed to examine the site’s fragmentary bone assemblage (n= 16,204). Macroscopic and histological analyses indicate that the emigrants consumed domestic cattle and horse and procured wild game, including deer, rabbit, and rodent. Bladed tools were used to extensively process animal tissue. Moreover, bone was being reduced to small fragments; pot polish indicates these fragments were boiled to extract grease. It remains inconclusive, however, whether such processing, or the assemblage, includes human tissue.

Global Christian Forum: A New initiative for the Second Century of Ecumenism

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
John A. Radano
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Holy Spirit

This article looks at the Global Christian Forum (GCF) as a new initiative in the historical context of the modern ecumenical movement and from a Catholic point of view. It puts the GCF in three perspectives: as a new stage in ecumenical development, as part of a turning point in ecumenical history and as a new impulse of the Holy Spirit. By bringing in the Evangelicals and Pentecostals, the GCF has widened the range of church families in conversation with one another. The GCF may begin to make a substantial contribution in the situation since Vatican II in which some critical issues between divided Christians have been solved. The beginning convergence of the two movements that have marked the past century — ecumenical and Pentecostal/evangelical — may be the work of the Holy Spirit.

scholarly journals Meaning in the Use of Freedom: The Free Press Underground, the University of Missouri, and Students for a Democratic Society

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Chris Drew
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
Free Press ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The University

The Free Press Underground was an independent newspaper edited and published by University of Missouri students in the 1960’s. Four students were arrested for distributing a February,1969 edition of the paper. One of those students was ultimately expelled. Her name was Barbara Papish. She and the ACLU took the MU’s Board of Curators to court, and ultimately made it to the Supreme Court in 1973. Papish’s expulsion was ruled unconstitutional. A deeper analysis of the historical context surrounding this incident will reveal the ongoing power struggle and antagonism shared between the University and the student publishers, and draw lessons for contextualizing free speech incidents. This will be shown as necessary for seeing the underlying purpose, intent, and meaning buried beneath the oft over simplified struggle for public opinion surrounding morality and freedom, as exemplified by this incident.

scholarly journals Designing Institutions and Mechanisms for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Constitution: Changing Perspectives in Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-90
Author(s):  
Charles Manga Fombad
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
The Core ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Recent Developments

Until fairly recently, the issue of constitutional implementation has surprisingly received little attention both in constitutional theory and practice. Yet it is a crucial aspect of constitutional effectiveness. Without a carefully thought-out strategy for implementing and enforcing a constitution, its practical effectiveness in promoting constitutionalism, respect for the rule of law, and good governance may be quite limited. The Kenyan 2010 Constitution provides a backdrop against which this article examines certain critical issues in designing institutions and mechanisms for ensuring that a constitution is properly implemented and enforced. The article starts by briefly considering the importance of and challenges in implementing and enforcing constitutions. It then uses the evidence from recent developments in constitution-making to identify some of the core constitutional implementation and enforcement institutions. The article then looks at the Kenyan example which, in Africa, presently provides the best example of a carefully thought-out and well-designed constitutional implementation strategy. Based on this, the article then considers some of the key elements in designing an effective constitutional implementation framework. In concluding, the article argues that incorporating and entrenching effective constitutional implementation mechanisms must be made one of the top priorities in designing constitutions. Furthermore, designing any constitutional institution to oversee, supervise, and monitor the implementation of the constitution must also now be recognised as one of the critical elements for entrenching constitutionalism and respect for the rule of law.

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