Political Theory: Economic and Social Applications

Welcome to our blog discussion:


There are four elements to this alternative learning activity.


1. Two elements fall under the topic:
   a. Political Theory and Political Economy
   b. Political Theory and Social Theory
2. And the other two elements fall under the the task of this activity.
Based on the readings provided on the above given topic, you are to post either:
   a. Your analysis of the text.
   b. Your proposed theory in relation to any of the two topics.


For based on a previous reading, John Meynard Keynes provided a theory on how the state can steer its economy away from deppression by propossing government spending as a tool to stimulate monetary flow.


You may point out a particular problem and posit your own, original theories.


Don't forget to limit posts to 5 sentences.


and label the beginning of your post with


surname, first name, section.


You may respond to posts of your classmates, thus bringing about a proper discourse.


Marks will be given as follows


12 pts insight/analysis
8 pts grammar


total of 20 pts

Specific Applications of State Principles

For 1BES2


This is where you may post your thoughts and ideas regarding Sections 3 and 15-16 of Article XIII of the Freedom Constitution.


As a guide, think of Human Resources or  Labor Relations applications of the constitutional provisions.  And don't forget to frame your posts as I have instructed previously in class.


Posts will be given recitation marks as follows (the marks will be included in the computation of your average recitation grade):

Low quality answers will get no points (presence of grammatical errors, unsupported statements.

80-86 for average posts (common suggestions, ideas have no cohesion).

88-94 good posts (well thought of, coherent ideas, uses class references w/ appropriate citation)

96-100 excellent posts (well thought of, coherent, insightful ideas, used additional research w appropriate citation)