Prof. Roces' Articles

After I sent the first email to invite prof. Roces for the seminar, she sent two digital copies of her published journal articles on the politics of dress.  It's for sharing to the class.  At that time, this was distributed to the class on Comparative Politics and Government in Asia and Africa.  Now I open access to these articles to all Political Science students interested in the topic.

Here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B30MHtoilXd4WXkyVWN3cm9BVVE&usp=sharing

3POL2 Removal Exam

Instructions:

• Answer via the comments.  Begin with your name followed by PERMIT/PERMIT NUMBER (surname, first name: permit number).
• Deadline of answers posting is at 10:15 a.m. October 12, 2013.
• If a student is unable to access the net, a new set of questions will be available at 4:00 p.m. October 12, 2013.  New questions sets will get more difficult to discourage intended delays.  Those with no net access at this time have the time to further review.
• Discuss intelligibly in 6-7 sentences. 
• No evil genius.
• Write in the jargon of the discipline. 
• Follow detailed requirements in each item.
• No copy pasted, verbatim from handout answers.  Provide YOUR OWN OBJECTIVE discussion.

Note: If I can read your minds as you guess during recitation and detect plagiarized works in your papers, don't you think it also applies here.

Points:

5 for manner of discussion, and 5  for content.

Range of points follows:

5 = impressive (no flaws, uncommon answer);  

4 = common answer with no flaws; 3 = most common / average answer with flaws;

2 = presence of several / essential flaws;

1 missed the point but showed knowledge of the topic;

0 = answer did not deal with the question/item/task (evil genius).

Items:

1. Create a post-behavioral conclusion with regards to multi-party political experience of Tunisia and Syria.
2. Create a behavioralist conclusion incorporating Wakili’s (2009) ideas on Islamic Thought in Nigerian politics.

Lessons from Asia and Africa

One of the important reasons why we compare states is to widen options in the manner of governing our own polity, or to suggest solutions to the problems of others.

For this online discussion, your task is to provide in the comments by providing a lesson for Philippine development from comparing two states from units 5, 6, and 7.

Analysis can either be: post-behavioral analysis of politics; or a neo-institutional analysis of government.

Sample compare governments of South Africa and Nigeria, and provide a neo-institutional lesson for the Philippines. 

Policy Speeches

Quick Guide for Policy Speeches

• You only have 8 minutes, maximize your time.

• Just like any other composition, the basic format must always surface: use an attention grabbing introduction (1-2 minutes 00:00:01-00:01:59), present an organized, rational and well-supported case in your discussion (3-7 min 00:02:00-00:06:59), and remind us with your thesis statement in your conclusion (8th min 00:07:00-00:08:00).

• Do not forget to sign-post your main proposal in the form of a single clear and concise statement at the between your introduction and your discussion.
• Examples of sign-posts: "hence I propose before you that..."     "my arguments are 1).... 2)... and 3)...."     "my 2nd argument is foll proof because..."     "this can be attested by...."    These are just examples, I leave you to your own creativity and intellectual insight.
• Move around, your gestures must be natural.  Quash your self-esteem, shyness, fear issues, YOU HAVE THE BLOOD OF SPARTA!!!
• Policies must have relevance with readings from units 5 and 6.  Provide additional research to enrich your discussion.

Powerpoints

TO ALL 4 SECTIONS, MY APOLOGIES FOR THE NON-WORKING LINK BEFORE.

HERE'S THE FIXED SET OF LINKS.


Powerpoint file for History of the Discipline

www.historyofthediscipline.blogspot.com

Powerpoint file for Politics of Dress (3POL2)

www.politicalraiment.4shared.com

Online Discussion for POL 242 UNIT 2

This will serve as make-up for the missed class last Tuesday due to the suspension of classes.  Cultural cosplay presentation resumes next week.  Make-up class can still be scheduled if the class requests one.

YOUR COMMENTS HERE WILL BE JUST LIKE A RECIT.

Institutions (Japan)

Institutions are structures.  In political science, these structures create a certain form of order upon society and can become manifest in certain forms.  In an abstract fashion, laws are institutions, they guide and can even compel citizens to perform certain acts, or prohibit the doing of other actions, and laws can even create institutions and force institutions to act.  The constitution is a good example.  In Japan, the Emperor is compelled to seek guidance from the cabinet before doing any action on matters of state (1946 Constitution of Japan, Chapter I, Article 3).  Japan’s constitution also prohibits its government from developing its land, sea, and air forces as capable for war (Chapter 3, Article 9).  It also guides the framing of statutes regarding qualifications of members of the two houses of the Diet (Chapter IV, Article 44), and how the Prime Minister is selected from among members of the Diet (Chapter V, Article 67).

In a more concrete level, the Government itself along with the agencies that compose it are institutions performing specific roles for the state.   Nakabayashi (2009) mapped out the evolution of political institutions that affected the development of Japanese economy.  The Shogunate is an institution in the form of an agency.  The Nakama and central government under the Emperor is also an agency.  In the article of Nakabayashi, there are also institutions in the forms of practices such as Jito Shiki and kabu.

For our discussion, your task is to place comments explaining unique Japanese institutions (that’s why I made them vague above).  Since you can do this at home, the task is not about recall of knowledge but about your skill in paraphrasing and discussing the concept of that institution along with your supplemented research info on the topic.

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For your Paper Instructions

As you can observe on UNIT 2 of the Syllabus

The output is a State Profile
Here are important things to remember as a guide.

This paper will be a 4 page paper.

The first 3 pages is textual content (intro, discussion, and conclusion).

The 4^th page is ½ simulacrum and ½ reference list.

Content should be a neo-institutional profile of an Asian Country.

1^st Heading of discussion should be about describing a chosen institution in the country.

2^nd Heading of discussion should be about your neo-institutional analysis (recall lessons in APPROACHES, that is one of the elements that make this an advanced course).

A simulacrum is a visual representation or a diagramatization of how the institution works (recall lessons in Pol 201).

Read the syllabus for submission details.

Welcome to 1st Sem. A.Y. 2013-2014

I'm looking forward to a fun and productive school year with you guys.

Here are subject syllabi or those taking up:

POL 201

pol201syllabus2013.4shared.com

AND

POL 242.

pol242syllabus2013.4shared.com