Philippine Politics and Governance Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes covering Philippine state formation, institutional fragmentation, and public opinion metrics.

Raymund Jose G. Quilop

Author focused on Nation-State Formation in the theoretical framework of Philippine Politics and Governance.

Felipe B. Miranda

Author focused on Public Opinion & Democratic Governance.

Analytical Objective

Deconstructing structural deficits of the Philippine state and evaluating public opinion as a democratic counterweight.

Nation

A large social group bound by a shared sense of identity, history, and destiny.

State

A centralized institutional organization featuring specialized agencies coordinated by executive authority.

Imagined Community

Benedict Anderson's framework stating members share a psychological bond despite never meeting face-to-face.

Ethnic Nations

Nations built on a single culture.

Territorial Nations

Nations built inside drawn geographic lines.

Sovereign Jurisdiction

Absolute authority over a legally defined territory possessed by a state.

Monopoly on the legitimate use of coercive force

An essential core criterion of the state.

State Autonomy

The state's insulation from elite interests.

State Capacity

The presence of a professional bureaucracy within a state.

European Model

Developmental model where cultural integration and shared identity matured over centuries before political borders were drawn.

Postcolonial Inversion

Developmental path where Western empires built centralized governance for resource extraction before unified national consciousness existed.

The Oligarchical Trap

A condition involving elite recruitment, dynastic capture, and state subversion.

Politics of Survival

Demonstrated by the 2026 breakdown of the Marcos-Duterte UniTeam alliance.

Operational Public

The defining of the 'demos' in governance while deconstructing elite biases.

Epistemology of Polling

A methodology involving randomized probability sampling and fieldwork audits.

2026 Priority Spectrum

An area of extreme public anxiety regarding inflation, wages, and systemic graft.

Information Warfare

The use of weaponized digital networks, mercenary pollsters, and data democratization.