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    Political barter: A study of Makati City's emergency cash relief program and its link to local government legitimacy and incumbent electoral support
    Bedonia, Roberto S., III (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2022-06)
    Makati City ramped its pandemic response by implementing its own “Maka-Tulong 5K” cash assistance to its citizens. Although there are extant studies on the political dimension of cash assistance, the proliferation of this one-time provision merits further understanding. The research looked at the relationship between the benefeciaries’ perceived effects of the assistance and their local government’s legitimacy. It also examined the link between assistance received and prospective vote for the incumbent mayor in the 2022 elections. Using a descriptive research design and employing a structured questionnaire to the Slovin-sampled population (n=100) of citizenbeneficiaries, it is argued that positive perceived effects also confer high levels of local government legitimacy. However, facilitation of legitimacy by the assistance received is only at a moderate level as driven by the proximity of the cash effects with respondents’ needs. Moreover, the cash assistance could only potentially deliver incumbent votes. These results and findings were consolidated under ‘the system’s justification theory’ proposing that respondents had the motivation to provide legitimacy due mainly to the Makati government’s well-regarded pandemic response but such legitimation was regulated by the interface of situational-dispositional contextual factors.
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    Political participation of the differently abled in the association of disabled persons-Iloilo (ADP-1)
    Basco, Ellinore Joseph; Pabelico, Rhemia Lee C. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2006-03)
    The study is done in order to determine how the differently abled in the Association of Disabled Persons in Iloilo (ADP-1) participate in political activities and to examine the factors that influences the extent of their political involvement. The objectives of this study are: (1) to describe the political participatory acts that the differently abled are engaged in, (2) to determine the extent of their participation, (3) to identify the factors that influence their involvement, and (4) to find out the impediments to their political involvement. The study was a descriptive-analytical that made use of survey, focused group discussion and key informant interview. Through stratified random sampling without replacement and proportional allocation, the study involved sixty-five (65) PWDs as respondents. The study made use of Key Informant Interviews to exact the views from different concerned agencies of the government tasked to implement the Magna Carta for the Disabled Persons and the Accessibility Law. Non-parametric statistics was used in data analysis with five point rating and Likert scales measuring the level of awareness, trust, efficacy and extent of political participation. The statistical tools employed to determine the relationship of factors identified to political participation were Cramer’s V, Contingency Table, Gamma and the Spearman’s rank order Rho. The findings of the study showed that large number of differently abled persons is involved with participatory acts such as voting, communal activities and contacting public officials. They opt to participate in activities in consideration to whether it is regularly held, non-costly to participate, accessibility and distance of the activity where it took place, can directly influence the official’s public policy, if specific programs and policies include their welfare and concerns and if activities may caused bodily threat. The majority of the respondents infrequently employed the other participatory acts due to lack of time and opportunities for participation and they also have livelihood to sustain. The findings also showed that most of the PWDs have low levels of political participation. Moreover, educational attainment and the disability of the person were strong predictors of political participation. In addition, awareness of rights, trust in governance and the association as well as political efficacy has a weak though, positive relationship with political participation. Furthermore, the study also confirmed the existence of structural and attitudinal impedances such as negative attitudes towards the differently abled, inaccessibility of voting centers, lack of support or assistance programs and weak implementation of the Magna Carta and Accessibility Law for the differently abled that hinders the political functioning of differently abled persons as citizens and their full integration to the mainstream society. In view of the findings of this study, recommendations of the researchers include the use of special education (SpEd) Centers as voting precincts for the differently abled voters, the active involvement of the ADP-I in local government development programs, creation of the Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPDA). Future studies regarding the involvement of the differently abled in governance should focus on the differently abled women’s situation in development and political involvement or gender issues, and the perception or attitudes of the public towards the competency of differently abled elected officials and voters.
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    The role of key actors in the promotion of local community development: The case of KALAHI-CIDSS projects in Janiuay, Iloilo
    Bartolome, Carie Fel M.; Sotrina, Emalyn S. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2008-03)
    This research is centred on the research problem - what are the roles of the key actors in the promotion of local community development in the case of the Kapit-bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-Cidss) projects in the municipality of Janiuay. Iloilo. Firstly, there is a need to explain local community development in the Kalahi-Cidss projects in Janiuay. Iloilo. Next, the paper proceeds to describe the resources that are being employed in Kalahi-Cidss in Janiuay in order to meet its goals. Then, the paper directs on the description of the roles of the key actors in the Kalahi-Cidss projects in Janiuay, Iloilo. The last objective of this paper is to describe the developmental outcomes brought by the projects to the people of Janiuay. The research problem and objectives of the paper were addressed through desk research, secondary material review, project site inspection, informal interviews with the barangay residents, and key informant interview with the Kalahi-Area Coordinator in Janiuay. The method of triangulation was used to avail more complete and more reliable data with less validity threats. It was found out that the Kalahi-Cidss is the flagship program of the Philippine government in addressing poverty in the country. Its foundation lies on the understanding that when people are empowered, they have the capability to spare themselves from poverty. Resources being employed in order to meet the goals of the project were categorized into proximate and non-proximate interventions. Three barangays in Janiuay were studied. The roles of the key actors in each barangay were described in the paper. The roles of the key actors in the three barangays were compared with each other and assessed in relation to the success of the Kalahi-Cidss projects in each respective community. Key actors involved in the projects were the barangay officials and the local community. The project success and developmental outcomes depended largely on how these two actors collaborated with each other. However, most essential in the actual process was how the former performed their task as leaders of the community. Barangay officials are the initiators of local community development through the Kalahi-Cidss.
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    Adaptive capacity of the local government to the impacts of climate change: Comparison between Guimbal and Tigbauan
    Andal, Jane Desiree F. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2011)
    The paper examined the factors affecting the adaptive capacity of the local government in terms of responsiveness and preparedness to deal with the impacts of climate change. This is focused on three factors namely, organizational learning, collaboration and socio-economic status. The study is conducted by comparing the municipalities of Guimbal and Tigbauan in terms of their organizational learning, collaboration and socio-economic status as well as their responsiveness and preparedness in dealing with typhoons, flooding, and drought as the major impacts considered in this study. The results show that organizational learning enhances the preparedness of the municipality to deal with the impacts while collaboration and socio-economic status enhance both responsiveness and preparedness to deal with the impacts of climate change.