PHILIPPINE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Business Management

COURSE CODE :
COURSE TITLE : DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
COURSE PRE-REQUISITE :

Course Description :

The curse focuses on the political dimension of national development. Topics for discussion are theories, concepts and models in political
development and their relevance to the political set-up; the role of the bureaucracy and their political institutions in the country’s development;
and the administration of political programs/projects

Program Outcomes :

Course Intended Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Know the meaning and term politics;
2. Gain a better appreciation of the political dimension of the development process and the political development goals; and
3. Examine critically the theories, models and concepts of political development and consider their relevance and application.
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Graduate School of Business Management

Session Content Outline Learning Assessment Instructional

No. Experience Tool Materials/Resources
1 CLASS ORIENTATION & ORGANIZATION Lecture/ Discussion Class participation Brillantes, Alex 1994.
Development
OVERVIEW OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Administration in the
Philippines

2-5 Concept of Political Development Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation Pimentel, Aquilino 1991,
Discussion and reporting The Local Government
- Development as Goal and Process
Code of 1991
- The Political Dimension of Development Cacho Publishing House.
- Relationship between Politics and National Development
Administration Cruz, Carlo L. Philippine
- Citizen Participation in the Process of Administrative Law.
Governance Central Lawbook
Publishing Co. Inc
- Indicators of Political Development

6-8 The Role of Political Institutions Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation Bautista, Victoria et.al.
Discussion and reporting 1993. Introduction to
- The Political Culture and the Socialization Public Administration in
Process the Philippines: A Reader
 -The Branches of the Government Wurfel, David. Filipino
Politics: Development and
-Legislative Councils/Assemblies Decay. Ateneo de Manila
- Bureaucracy University Press

- Elections

9 MID-TERM EXAMINATION Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation Pye, Lucien. The Concept
Discussion and reporting of Political Development

10 Focus on the Philippines Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation De Guzman, Raul.

Discussion and reporting Government and Politics
- Philippine Political Development
in the Philippines
- Recent Political and Administration Changes:
Implications on the Political System

11-12 Administration of Political Programs/Projects Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation Lawson, Kay. The Human
Discussion and reporting Polity: An Introduction to
- Role of the DILG
Political Science
- Role of the DBM

- Roles of Other Agencies

13 Current Political Issues Lecture/ Reporting/ Class participation

Discussion and reporting

14 FINAL EXAMINATION
Prof. EMMANUEL A. ALFILER
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