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    The wealthy and the well-born: How political elites affect faction formation
    Bedia, Laurice Amy C. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2010-04)
    This paper is a study on the roles of two types of political elites, the landed elites and the business elites, on the different stages of faction formation. Factions are formed because of the desire of politicians to win in elections. The stages of faction formation are the recruitment of members and the selection of candidates for elections, definition of faction activities, decision-making on local policies and ordinances and the management of resource flow for the survival of the faction. The ways the two types of elites affect faction formation differ since the resources available to them also vary. Through interviews with sixteen political elites, eight of which were landed elites and eight were business elites, the study was able to determine the ways in which political elites affect faction formation. Landed elites affect faction formation by influencing the recruitment of members and decision-making of local ordinances through their financial contributions, experience, and political support from relatives in politics and business partners. Business elites on the other hand affect faction formation through providing significant financial contributions for faction activities and recruitment of members. The diversity of the resources of landed elites enables them to have greater effect over faction formation.
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    Dominant personality characteristics of Roxas City elective office aspirants and their reasons for candidacy
    Ardivilla, Gerreon O. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 1992-10-13)
    This is a study on the personality characteristics of City political office aspirants. This was conducted to identify the dominant personality characteristics of Roxas City political office aspirants, to identify their dominant personality characteristics in relation to the position they aspire for, and to determine the reason for fielding themselves to the position they aspire for. The study hypothesizes that there is no significant difference in the dominant personality characteristics of the Roxas City elective office aspirants in relation to the elective positions aspired for. Through the use of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the dominant personality characteristics of the respondents were identified as (by ranking): nurturance succcorance, affiliation, autonomy, exhibition, deference, abasements, and aggression. The findings are supportive of the hypothesis. Through the use of an open-ended questionnaire, the reasons for candidacy of the respondents was determined. Serving the people of Roxas City has the most responses. Consistency on the response was noted on the questions on the factors that made them decide to run, the importance, and significance of their candidacy. The study suggests the use of etic and emic approach to further establish the personality characteristics of the Roxas City elective office aspirants.