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    IS THE PHILIPPINES READY FOR

    FEDERALISM?
    Paola Manarin
    Christine Ocaya
    John Paul Tanyag

    January 23, 2017


    DEFINITION
    HISTORY
    PROS AND CONS
    IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERALISM
    COUNTRIES ON FEDERALIZED GOVERNMENT
    PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DUTERTE ON FEDERALISM
    DEFINITION
    FEDERALISM
    Comes from the Latin word foedus which means formal
    agreement or covenant or lasting voluntary association
    Is the multifaceted political power relationships between
    governments within the same geographical setting (Larry
    Geston)
    A political organization in which the activities of government are
    divided between regional governments and a central
    government in such a way that each kind of government has
    some activities on which it makes final decisions (William Riker,
    Federalism, Handbook in Political Science)
    DEFINITION
    HISTORY
    PROS AND CONS
    IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERALISM
    COUNTRIES ON FEDERALIZED
    GOVERNMENT
    PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DUTERTE
    ON FEDERALISM
    SUMMARY
    OBSERVATIONS
    RECOMMENDATIONS
    IS THE PHILIPPINES READY FOR
    FEDERALISM?
    PAOLA MANARIN
    CHRISTINE OCAYA
    JOHN PAUL TANYAG

    January 23, 2017

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