Motions: Debate Against the House of 3Pol3

1. DELOS REYES - THBT economically stable states should avoid using its resources for the welfare of developing states.
2. DAVID, KYLA - TH will penalize industrialized states for crimes against the environment.
3. DAVID, FONZY- THBT sustainability programs are laughable useless projects.
4. ALONTO - TH will fence the Vatican's power from Asia.
5. AMOYO - TH will conduct trade embargo on Philippines.
6. CAPUCHINO -  THBT the Vatican should assert policies upon world.
7. REYES - THBT humanitarian aid degrades humanity.
8. JIMENEZ - THBT the world needs a one child policy.
9. MONTEFALCON - THBT the Vatican is pro west.

PGC - Dynamics of the 3 Powers

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B30MHtoilXd4SWs3SWVZc19IakU/view?usp=sharing

Debate Motions for 3Pol3 - Feb 22, 2016

1. THBT Global economic organizations are better than regional ones. – MARANA
2. THBT Regional economic organizations are better than a global one. – MMAKAYAN
3. THBT There should be political ideology requirements to become a member of an IGO. – ARZADON
4. TH condemns G7/G8 type organizations for promoting economic inequality. – DIONISIO
5. TH will follow the brexit example. - ROLLO
6. TH should set G7/G8 practices as a way of correcting international state behavior. – AGUIRRE
7. THBT the international community is best served by informal rules and organizations than by formal ones. – SISON
8. THBT International organizations are tools for hegemony and not for balance of power. – BALMEO
9. TH will disolve ASEAN - LUMANANG  
10. THBT Asia should have its own confederation  - PIMENTEL

Debate Motions for Nov 21 - 3Pol2

1. THBT Global economic organizations are better than regional ones. – AVESTRUZ
2. THBT Regional economic organizations are better than a global one. – MACARANAS
3. THBT There should be political ideology requirements to become a member of an IGO. – CORDERO
4. TH condemns G7/G8 type organizations for promoting economic inequality. – ANIES
5. TH will follow the brexit example. - OCAMPO
6. TH should set G7/G8 practices as a way of correcting international state behavior. – RECANA
7. THBT the international community is best served by informal rules and organizations than by formal ones. – PEREDA
8. THBT International organizations are tools for hegemony and not for balance of power. – JAVIER 

Debate Motions for Nov 21 - 3Pol2

1. THBT Global economic organizations are better than regional ones. – AVESTRUZ
2. THBT Regional economic organizations are better than a global one. – MACARANAS
3. THBT There should be political ideology requirements to become a member of an IGO. – CORDERO
4. TH condemns G7/G8 type organizations for promoting economic inequality. – ANIES
5. TH will follow the brexit example. - OCAMPO
6. TH should set G7/G8 practices as a way of correcting international state behavior. – RECANA
7. THBT the international community is best served by informal rules and organizations than by formal ones. – PEREDA
8. THBT International organizations are tools for hegemony and not for balance of power. – JAVIER 

Sudden Death Proscriptions for the Infographic

• Submission is not an infographic.
• Infographic is cramped, untidy, unclear, or uncreative.
• Name of Student does not appear at the lower right portion.
• Answers do not reflect the two goals.
• For the entire class - cover should be creative, but contains the format of title.  creative, but not to the point of straying from the theme of the activity.  Which is simulating IR and differentiating it from Compa.

NationStates - a 3Pol2 and 3Pol3 IR Online Simulation

Play the game, and simulate building and managing your state in the Political Science way.

https://www.nationstates.net/

NationStates is a freeware online simulation of state building and management.

Click the link above and start building your state by making political decisions based on your own preferences, political leanings, ideology, or worldview.

As you play, make sure that you take LOTS of screenshots.  These will be needed in the output, which is an infographic that you will assemble with cutouts of your printed screenshots.

Goals are 1) simulate running a state and know of the repercussions of your political and governmental decisions; and 2) to distinguish Comparative Politics elements from International Relations elements.

Hence:

Output must address two tasks:

1. Describe the study of Comparative Politics through the simulation that you experienced in the game.
2. Describe the study of International Relations through the simulation that you experienced in the game.

Output is accomplished through an infographic printed on a long oslo paper or cardboard paper.  The paper must be plain.  Answer on the two tasks above should be two separate newspaper type columns.  They should be stated in a series of short, direct statements.

The two tasks above are actually argumentative.  You need to prove how the game simulated the two sub-disciplines of political science. Hence use the debate skills taught in class.  Just be direct, do not give me long paragraphs.  IT'S AN INFOGRAPHIC, not a formal paper.  It's a way to deliver content to people.  Which is an important skill in the field after graduation.

Use the screenshots to prove your answers.  Use large fonts.  Limit answers to 3 - 4 short, direct, clear yet correct sentences.  There should be 5 proofs.  You should be able to identify the proof by relating it to specific parts of Compa or IR.  

You need to add the pictures, and use whatever creative way to connect the pictures to the text.  Use arrows and position properly. 1 or pictures should also clearly show you using the simulator.

All outputs are to be collected by the class president and compiled in a long sized clearbook, alphabetically.  There should be a creative cover featuring:

NationStates

An Online Freeware Simulator for Political Science 

Outcomes:  

1) Simulate experience of what are being studied.

2) Use the simulator to distinguish experience of 

concepts in Comparative Politics and of concepts in

Introduction to International Relations Theory.

Submitted to: Mr. Ronald M. Castillo M.A.

Professor

Submitted b: 3Pol(2 or 3)

Checkout samples of infographics as guides.

Individual student signature should be creatively and clearly placed at the lower corner of the output.

You will be graded on:

1. How correct your answers are to the two tasks.
2. How you were able to prove using pictures.
3. How you were able to prove based on connecting the answer to IR related components.

2 pts each.  3 categories above, 5 answers each.  

Points are 2 or 1 or 0.  

• 2 points are given if each of the three categories were satisfied correctly with proofs and with no flaws.
• 1 point for correct but flawed manner of answering.
• 0 for incorrect answer: 

Hence: highest total score is 2 x 10 (5 categories and and 2 sub-disciplines).

Failure to follow an instruction gets 1-2 points deduction per part not followed.

Writing the Significance of the Study

What is SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY as a part of Chapter I?

This is a 2 component (2 or 4 paragraphs) area of the Introduction.  It tells the reader of your thesis who or what will benefit from your research.  Not having a good Significance fails the entire thesis

Who wants to read, or publish, or even waste time in researching something useless?  Hence, if you are writing to graduate, then you are most probably having dificulty in research.  However if you are writing because of that goal, or those goals, then your research has direction.

How to Write:

The significance should address two components.

1st is theoretical significance.  One good way is, among the sub-disciplines of your program, which among them, and what topics can benefit from the information gained from your manuscript?

In Political Science, Comparative Politics is a sub-discipline.  Political Geography is another.  A thesis can add to the geopolitical knowledge on the significance of the Spratlys.  Or a thesis can contribute a new method in comparative politics.

e.g. The findings of the researchers can contribute to the body of knowledge of comparative politics and provide further insight regarding racial differentiation as a method of comparative political behavior among states.  Literature review has shown minimal research on the topic, and this research will be a new addition to it.

Or the method has not been used, and the researchers original work can begin the foundation.

2nd is practical significance.  How does your thesis address: issues? people? institutions? situations? problems? The combination depends on your thesis.

e.g.  A thesis on cyber bullying

This research can shed more light on the politics of cyber bullying. (Give your explanations how as exemplified in the previous example).

Or you can follow the format in my thesis.

http://www.academia.edu/13228860/Federalism_and_its_Potential_Application_to_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines

Abstract Writing for My Thesis Students

What is an abstract?

• An abstract is not a summary of the thesis, though it can be mistaken as one.
• Rather an abstract is the gist of a thesis.
• In one glance a reader can know the heart of the thesis.

How to do:

1. The entire abstract is only 1 paragraph with around 350 words.
2. All sentences must be as direct as possible.  Never neglect transition though.
3. First sentence represents the background in 1 sentence.  Why are you writing? It should be catchy.
4. Since this is only the preliminary chapters (1-3) the next few sentences should cover a) your research question.  And b) the method that you plan to use.
5. A finished thesis will contain the THESES of the manuscript.  When I say theses, they are the findings of your research should appear in the conclusion.  These are direct statements that answer your main question and sub-questions.
6. AGAIN since this is only chapters 1-3, you can instead state your expected findings.

Link to my thesis through Academia.edu

For those who haven't read or downloaded.  You can use my thesis as guide in technical format.

http://www.academia.edu/13228860/Federalism_and_its_Potential_Application_to_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines

Debate Against the House Nov 15, 2016 3Pol3

1st -

IR Additional Readings

Soft Power

http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/content/articles/speakers/detailed/erkki-tuomioja/erkki-tumioja_-_the-role-of-soft-power-in-eu-common-foreign-policy.pdf?Interview-with-Erkki-Tuomioja-Former-Finnish-Foreign-Minister

Hard Power
http://www.cfr.org/japan/japans-hard-power-play/p36129

2nd -

Rule on proscription regarding on reading a speech on the House Floor will be strictly enforced with auto zero score.

3rd -

Here are this week's motions:

1. TH will begin a nuclear weapons program. - VILLANUEVA
2. THBT the Philippines needs U.S. military bases back in the Philippines. - VIERNES
3. TH condemns President Duterte is a failed diplimat. - SALAPARE
4. TH will support Japan as Asia's world Superpower. - SERANO
5. TH promotes soft power as alternative to military balance of power. - NACISVALENCIA
6. TH condemns Trump's foreign policy agendas. - LOJA
7. THBT hard power is the true way to win disputes. - MACEDONIO
8. THBT the Philippines should invest more of the national budget on military science. - ALEMAN
9. TH will remove the exemption of countries from nuclear disarmament. - ESTARGO
10. TH will disarm China. - ESPELA
11. TH will empower  Japan to develop its military to help maintain the security of Asia. - NICOLAS

4th 

Quiz on the readings after debate.

Debate Against the House November 14 3Pol2

1st -

IR Additional Readings

Soft Power

http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/content/articles/speakers/detailed/erkki-tuomioja/erkki-tumioja_-_the-role-of-soft-power-in-eu-common-foreign-policy.pdf?Interview-with-Erkki-Tuomioja-Former-Finnish-Foreign-Minister

Hard Power
http://www.cfr.org/japan/japans-hard-power-play/p36129

2nd -

Rule on proscription regarding on reading a speech on the House Floor will be strictly enforced with auto zero score.

3rd -

Here are this week's motions:

1. THBT every country should have a nuclear weapons program. - TAMAYAO
2. TH will allow military bases in the Philippines. - DUTOSME
3. THBT that President Duterte is a skilled propagandist. - VELOSO
4. THBT that China should be supported by Asia as their world Superpower. - VIVIT
5. TH promotes soft power as alternative to military balance of power. - VICENCIO
6. TH condemns the election of Trump as President of U.S. - GALIT
7. TH condemns the use of soft power as useless. - BERNARDEZ
8. THBT the Philippines should invest more of the national budget on military science. - BACLAYO
9. THBT no country should be exempt from nuclear disarmament. - ONG
10. TH will disarm China. - CORPUZ
11. THBT Japan should be allowed to develop its military to help maintain the security of Asia. - MEDES

4th 

Quiz on the readings after debate.

IR - Rubric for Debate Against The House

Download Rubric at:

https://drive.google.com/a/ust.edu.ph/file/d/0Bx1htiOsEJlFcDlfQjdPbTFZdms/view?usp=sharing

Note:  The PPT has also been made accessible.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx1htiOsEJlFR3RfZTZZRlhuc1E/view?usp=sharing

Debate Against The House - 3POL3 Motions (Nov 8, 2016)

1. Gonzales, Aerish – THBT all parts of the seas should be considered as High Seas
2. Galvez, Aerin – TH will police the Pacific Ocean
3. Francia, Mateo – THBT the U.S. loss of maritime hegemony to China is the beginning of U.S. end as international hegemon.
4. Dayanghirang, Elyanna – THBT conditions in Syria qualifies it to invasion for the purpose of rehabilitation by foreign powers.
5. Barcelon, Hershel – THBT the Philippines need China as a maritime ally. 
6. Quiambao, Regina – THBT war instead of law should determine control of the seas.
7. Martinez, Karla – TH should surrender power to China.
8. Tabalno, Jenn – TH rejects the principle of just war.
9. Baltazar, Anna – TH should surrender power to China.
10. Claro, Queenie – THBT Article 1 of the U.N.Charter needs revision to pursue justice at the expense of peace.

Debate Against The House - 3POL2 Motions (Nov 7, 2016)

1. Nizal, Abby - TH should control the Indian Ocean
2. Guco, Augustus - THBT China's Sea Power should be limited by international law.
3. Joson, Carlo - THBT just war is a catholic idea and hence does not universally apply to the world.
4. Mangahas, Cesca - THBT the U.S. should nullify its alliance with the Philippines.
5. Cruz, Leila - THBT the principles of separation of church and state should be made an international relationsprinciple.
6. Duran, Ian - TH will create a world organization in charge of pursuing justice. 
7. Estana, Hannah - THBT there should be a recognized military power to protect the Pacific Ocean.
8. Areta, Karen - TH will use war as a principle of national policy.

PGC 4AD5

Political Compass Test

Take the test and print the certificate.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test