Political Dynasty

Voters are often rewarded with patronage jobs. However, patronage can result in poorer service to the

would consent to be the civil governor of the Philippines. He took the position organizing civil

The once British colonists, now Americans, worked hard to define their ideal political structure and government. Many political documents such as the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, Declaration of Independence, and so on helped define our ideal political structure. Most of these documents were written by our seven Founding Fathers. The documents were written to convince other Americans to join them and help build a new nation, one independent from Great Britain, of united states and united people. As a result, these documents helped Americans define their ideal political structure and government.

impeachment by both the house and senate. The line of succession is mentioned in three places in the Constitution, firstly in Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 which says the Vice President is first in the line of succession and allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither the President nor Vice President can serve. The current such law governing succession is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. Secondly, Section 3 of the 20th Amendment says that if the President-elect dies before his term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes the President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected. The section also provides that if, on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen

Incumbents gradually viewed as politicians and not in touch with the people by the 1980s

Comprised of landowners, lawyers, judges, priests, military officers and public officials, the creole and mazomba leaders of Latin American society found insatiable inspiration from the American and French Revolutions of the eighteenth century, and flooded Latin America with a liberal movement for independent nations. Conservatives, in contrast, sought to preserve the traditions of the colonial period, and the Orthodox rule of both the church and foreign-born royal authorities. Yet Old World flavor soured bitterly in a New World teeming with liberal thinkers and daring rebels. Desiring to surpass Old World peninsular and reinós rulers, creole and mazomba won control over local resources and economic development.

On the paternal side, Mr. Jefferson could number no titles to high or ancient lineage. His ancestors, however, were of solid respectability and among the first

As the grip of imperial rule in Latin America loosened and then disappeared completely, the people of the former colonies began to search for leaders that embodied their newfound freedom and beginnings. Thus, the people turned to caudillos. Caudillos were military men who participated in the fights for independence, which made them famous among the common people. They tended to be authoritative, charismatic, and had ideal masculine characteristics. These qualities made them popular with the people, and along with their high ranking in the military and elite class, it quickly became possible for caudillos to become rulers of the countries of Latin America.

Racial inequality plays a key role in achieving the consolidation of democracy, due to its constant dependency of a class hierarchy. Since the beginning of Latin American history, those who controlled power were considered the elitist class. The elites had the resources and financial stability to hold places of power, and ultimately controlling all around them. In the colonial period of Latin America, the Encomienda and Hacienda systems displayed the different classes and rights each one had in a new light. The encomienda was a system where the royal crown of Spain granted charters of land

This was made illegal in the United States, because we now understand that appointing those for office based on who likes them, is undesirable and impractical. But in our world’s early history, it took falls and rises of countries for them to learn. By studying these declines and collapses one can surmise that a leader must focus on their citizens first and foremost, not neglecting them with the desire for more land that they can’t even afford. Many leaders of the time bit off much more than they could chew. It is clear now that the fall of civilizations can almost always be traced back to the treatment of the poor and middle classes, even in empires as wealthy and powerful as Rome and Han

Empire: The Philippine-American War as a Race War”. Written by Paul A. Kramer and published in the Diplomatic History in April 2006, this article analyzes the role of race in the Philippine-American War. Kramer is an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University, and he specializes in U.S. History with an emphasis on transnational, imperial and global histories, and politics of inequality. He also focuses many of his research and writing on the Philippine-American War and U.S.-Philippine relation within the context of racial imperialism. This origin is therefore valuable because it indicates that Kramer is extremely knowledgable of the Philippine-American War in the context of racial imperialism. However, Kramer’s focus on racial imperialism can become a limitation because of the imbalance in perspective. Moreover, the publication of the text in 2006 indicates that Kramer had access to a wide range of documents, government files, and first hand accounts from soldiers in the

Have you ever complained or head someone complain about the government? Winston Churchill said “Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” In this quote Churchill is saying that there is no perfect government. He is also saying that out of all of them democracy is the best. Today many people in America complain about the government, but it could be worse. Running America as a democracy is the best way compared to other countries’ forms of government.

The parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance wherein the executive and legislative branches of the government are intertwined and are lead collectively by a Prime Minister who must have been proven to be competent and capable, as chosen among his party members. However, the Philippines is currently under the presidential system, also a system of democratic but republican governance, which is led this time by a president, and wherein there is a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative. In the presidential system, people have the collective power to vote for the president.

Looking back to the previous government systems in different periods in Philippine history, we can see that our present government system is somehow shaped and patterned from the previous systems that prevailed in our country. Pre – historically we have seen how they established their government and basically, we can say that it is far more primitive than the present system that we have. However, the basic principles like the consultation of the datus to the elders can somehow be seen in the present by the presence of political advisers where our president consults aside from the members of the senate and the congress. The barangay system

Political dynasty is a well known method of politicians in the Philippines wherein the members of the family is made also a member of the government in order for them to not lose power but to gain more power. This act is an unfair and unjust because the government is not a business that a family can run by themselves, but the government is for all and other people should be given chances wherein they can be the one that leads a community.