What is so important about establishing a Philippine identity?

- for nation-building or civic solidarity identifying other people to belong to the same civic whole (similar to social capital) 1. welfare 2. trust Models of Civic Solidarity 1. constitutional patriotism subscribe to the tenets of the constitution - pledge allegiance - mere ideologies and principles 2. liberal nationalism melting pot of cutures - conversation of equals 3. conservative nationalism if you want to belong, you should assimilate 4. deep diversity diverse ways of expressing our Filipino-ness - inclusive notion US not as liberal/egalitarian as some scholars make it out to be - a large portion of the population is excluded - male, white, propertied A more credible, empirical way of explaining American individualism is put forth by: __________ Institutional explanation government cant function well because of the fragmentation - if you want to affect change, you have to go through a tedious process - in UK, if you want things done, go to parliament value personal and civil liberties, individualism over everything