ULP MODULE 2 RDG 2: State, Patronage, and Local Elites

principalia

noble class, educated local elites under the Spanish rule

hereditary rule / political succession

where the father is succeeded by his eldest son in political rule

don and doña

the principalia were given these name titles

intermarriage with the spaniards and chinese

emergence of the mestizos, due to colonial blood inherited in filipinos

Polo y servicio

refers to forced labor

bandala system

another form of exploitation, this was a way for the spaniards to enjoy the harvested crops by Filipinos for free

cacique

leader who exercises boss rule

Treaty of Paris

it was the transfer of colonial rulership from the spaniards to the americans

local elites

were the ones who succeeded in acquiring most of the lands and expanding their landholdings

The Municipal Government Code of 1901

in the 2nd Philippine Commission, where it was provided that filipinos can now exercise their right to vote at a municipal level for as long as they fit the given requirements

Willian Taft

Who led the 2nd Philippine Commission and enacted the Municipal Government Code of 1901?

Philippine Bill Cooper Act

provided for a bicameral legislative body

Philippine Commission and the Philippine Assembly

what was the PH's legislative body?

Philippine Assembly of 1907

opened the door for local politicians to aspire national positions (district reps, be part of the PH assembly)

urbanization and migration plus the lofting of suffrage

these restrictions were removed to achieve full independence and widen political participation

capital and market penetration

demanded the PH to open more industries to compete globally, modern economic and social institutions lead to the breakdown of power monopoly

change from class to machine

where clans and family members have internal conflict and then organize political machines to secure their votes since they cannot rely on their clans for support.

political machine

are functional organization where the members are promised to enjoy such benefits like money etc.

state expansion and patronage

state provides through credit programs or pork barrel funds, commercial loans and obtain loans from international institutions and governments

factionalism

seen as a major component of political systems dominated by patron-client relationships, usually shaped in large measure by kinship or clan

peripheral capitalism

land ownership has ceased to be the only major resource base for sustaining local elite rule in many parts of the country.

patronage politics

is a product of class society where the few who command wealth and property are privileged to fight it out for political loyalties

cabeza de barangay

head of the barangay during colonial times

gobernadorcillo

equivalent to town mayor