2022 BATCH 1 COMPRE EXAM REVIEW

BOOK DISSECTION
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GENERAL FIELD

Question Nr. 1: Monocratic Government - The Impact of

Personalization on Democratic Regimes by Fortunato Musella, 2022
Questions:
1. Discuss and illustrate the concept, forms, and dynamics of Governance,
matrix of governance, the personalisation of government and the rise of
monocratic government. 3 Es of Governance: Efficiency, Effectiveness
and Economy/Equity
2. Discuss comprehensively:
 Consensual Government? (Netherlands) – lower left quadrant
 Westminster Model (UK) – lower right quadrant
 Semi-presidentialism? (French)
 Limits of Presidentialism (US system of separation of power) –
upper right quadrant
 Personal Party (Italy)
 Prussian (Germany) Max Weber – Fully presidential – upper left
quadrant
Discussion:
1. Introduction:
 Personalization of Government
 Monocratic Government as an emerging trend
 The personalization of the masses
 An autocratic tendency?
2. Personal Governments
 Meaning of Government
 Forms and dynamics of government (Figure 1: The matrix of
government)
  The Westminster Model
 The consensual government
 The limits of Presidentialism
 The wave of Presidentialisation
Insert discussions:
1. Fragmented Electorates and Parliaments
2. The expansion of governmental decrees
3. Digital presidents: political engagement and decision
 Algorithmic Leadership
4. Heads of government from primacy to emergency
 Constitutionalising emergencies
 The stabilization of emergency
 The COVID-19 outbreak
 The democratic emergency
5. Combining demos and kratos: a mission impossible for the future of
democracy?
 Personalisation at a turning point
Question Nr. 2: Governance Theories Handbook, 2nd Edition by
Christopher Ansell, Jacob Torfing, et al, 2022
Questions:
1. Discuss the 13 new forms of governance, its salient features, and the
common governance themes
2. In tabular form, identify and discuss examples of the forms of governance
in the evolution of PA in the Philippines?
3. Choose one of the 13 forms of governance and discuss its strengths and
foundations, and assess its presence in your agency of choice
Discussion:
1. Introduction (see highlighted phrases in the Preface)
 Defining Governance
 Theories of Governance
 The Strengths of Governance Theories
2. PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE
 Chapter 3: Organization theory
 Chapter 4: Public management theory
 Chapter 5: Planning theory
 Chapter 6: Policy process frameworks
 Chapter 10: Development theory
 Chapter 20: Accountability
 Chapter 21: Transparency
 Chapter 35: Risk
 Chapter 27: Soft and Hard Governing Tools
6. PART III: THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS
 Chapter 34: Governmentality
 Chapter 37: Pragmatism
 Chapter 38: Normative considerations of interactive governance:
effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy, and innovation
 Table 38.1 Overview and tensions in the three normative aspect
 7. PART IV: (13) FORMS OF GOVERNANCE
1. Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks
2. Democratic network governance
3. Regulatory governance
4. Network governance
5. Collaborative governance
6. Private governance
7. Urban and regional governance
8. Multi-level governance
9. EU and supranational governance
10. Transnational economic governance
11. Metagovernance
12. Adaptive governance
13. Experimentalist governance
Insert discussions:
 Epilogue: The current status and future development of governance
theories (Table 52.1. Ten common governance themes from across the
chapters)
 Future Research Agenda (Table 52.2 Ten common future research
themes from across the chapters)
Question Nr. 3: Duterte Administration
Questions:
1. Discuss Pres. Duterte‘s 5 Major Innovation and Accomplishments
2. Discuss HOW and WHY the achievements contributes to the Philippines.
Possible Discussions:
1. Introduction
 Public Administration / Governance
 President / Chief Executive
 Philippine Presidents
 President Rodrigo R. Duterte (history, campaign, administration)
2. Pres. Duterte’s 10-Point Economic Agenda
3. Major Innovation and Accomplishments (Choose 5):
 Build Build Build Program (Infrastructure)
 TRAIN Law (Tax Reform)
 Free College Education in all SUCs (Education)
 Institutionalized Alternative Learning System (Education)
 Universal Healthcare Act (Health)
 Philippine Mental Health Law (Health)
 Malasakit Center
 Reproductive Health Law (Population)
 Sagip Saka Act (Agriculture)
 Philippine Innovation Act (RA 11293)
 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Act
 RA 11534: Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for
Enterprises (CREATE) Act
 Rice Tariffication Law (RTL)
 Establishment of BARMM
 Anti-Terrorism Law
 AFP & BFP Modernization Act
 Ease of Doing Business Law
 Creation of ARTA (Anti-Red Tape Authority)
 Bayanihan to Heal/Recover as One (COVID-19 Pandemic
Response)
 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Agreement
 Boracay/Manila Bay Cleanup (Tourism)
 Department of Human Settlements and Urban
Development (DHSUD)
 RA 11641: Department of Migrant Workers
 Salary Standardization Law
 Philippine Identification System Act 
 Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
 DITO Telecommunity
 Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) 
 More here…
 Conclusion / Assessment
Question Nr. 4: Chevron Doctrine - Its rise & fall & the future of the
Administrative State 2022 by Thomas W. Merrill (2022)
Question:
1. Comprehensively discuss the judicial review (Chevron)
Possible sub-questions:
1. Discuss the role and relationship of executive agencies (bureaucracy)
and courts (judiciary) in the interpretation of administrative law
2. Discuss the Chevron Doctrine, its weaknesses, and judicial
consequences.
3. How should a better deference doctrine might be formulated?
Discussion:
4. Introduction (see page 5)
5. Bureaucracy / Administrative State
6. Judicial
7. Chapter 6: The Domain of Chevron Doctrine
 The Period of Expansion
 Skidmore Reemerges
 Christensen v. Harris County
 United States v. Mead Corporation
 Post-Mead Confusion
 Mead and the Four Values
8. Chapter 7: Rule of Law Values
 The Persistence of the Traditional Canons
 Chevron and Conflicting Judicial Precedent
 The Requirement of Fair Warning
9. Chapter 10: The Principle of Legislative Supremacy
 Two Separation of Powers Principles
 Enforcing Boundaries of Authority by Ignoring or Rejecting
Chevron
 Enforcing Boundaries of Authority at Step 1
 Enforcing Boundaries of Authority at Step 2
10. Chapter 13: Reforming the Chevron Doctrine
 An Assessment of Method and Values
 A Better Regime
 A New Three-Step Doctrine
a. Step 1: Judicial Determination of the Boundaries of Agency
Authority
b. Step 2: Judicial Enforcement of Specific Statutory
Requirements
c. Step 3: Judicial Review for Compliance with the Notice-and-
Comment Process
 Some Clarifications and Justifications
 How the Court Should Reform the Chevron Doctrine
a. Reaffirm the Chevron Decision
b. Rediscover the Administrative Procedure Act
c. Draw on the Kisor v Wilkie Model
11. Concluding Thoughts
Insert discussions:
1. Bureaucracy / Administrative State
2. Administrative Law