CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE
PHILIPPINE POLITICS
STATE ACTORS

• Individuals who act on • Expected to provide

solutions to problems
behalf of the
experience by citizen of
government and its
the state such as
various agencies. poverty, criminality, and
malnutrition.
• Create, implement,
and constantly
review policies and
programs for the
country.
NON-STATE ACTORS

• Groups or individuals • Contribute in one way

who are not part of or another to the
government. various aspects of the
state development.
 CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANIZATIONS
(CSOs)
• Non-state actors and non-governmental
organizations comprise a broad sector of society
which called civil society.
• Community groups, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), labor unions, indigenous
group, charitable groups, faith based
organizations, professional associations, and
foundations.
EXAMPLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANIZATION

NGO(Non-Governmental
Organization) provide direct
or indirect aid whenever and
wherever the government
may be unable to adequately
provide services.
Assisting communities affected by calamities
and disasters
ADDRESSING POLITICAL
INEQUALITY
POLITICAL DYNASTIES
• They also take part in the improvement of
politics and governance in the country.
• Associated with political Dynasties, or
powerful political families whose members
take various local and national government.
• According to a 2012 study by the Asian
Institute Management Policy Center,
provinces with several political dynasties tend
to have a higher rates of poverty.
Some well-known politiical dynasties in the
country

Aquin
Dutert Villar Binay
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e
 TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY NETWORKS

(TAN) - two groups that

have campaigne against
corruption in the
government.
 VOLUNTEERS AGAINST
CRIME AND CORRUPTION
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Define as a collective and continuous efforts in
support of a certain objective which is expected
to cause change in the society.
• Protest or demonstrations, edicational or
advocacy-related discussion and media
campaigns.
• Social movements focus on advocating
concern of specific group or sectors in society.
• Women groups in the Philippines have
participated in over recent year.
• Social movements have given way to the
overthrow of government officials who where
found to have been involved in corruption and
other malpractices in governance.
THANKS