PUBLICATIONS
Local Adaptations to Central Government Shortcomings: COVID-19 Responses in the Cities of Iloilo and Cebu, Philippines || Juhn Chris Espia, Weena Gera, Rosalie Arcala Hall
Abstract The Philippine national government’s largely ineffective response to the COVID-19 pandemic sets the context for a diversity of policy adaptations at the local level. This article focuses on the two largest metropolitan areas in the Visayan Islands, Cebu City...
Municipal Level-Democratic Dialogue Towards Empowerment and Genuine Community Development: The Municipal Talakayan Experience || Ana Leah Dungog-Cuizon
Abstract The “Municipal Talakayan” (Talakayan for brevity), translated in the Visayan Dialect as “Panaghisgutay” is an internal evaluation tool which brings together the local stakeholders (Municipal Inter-Agency Committee, Barangay Captains, Civil Society...
Technocratic and Deliberative Nexus in Policy Analysis: Learning from Smart City Planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand || Noe John Joseph E. Sacramento and Piyapong Boossabong
Abstract Strengthened by rigorous developments in foundational principles and methods, the technocratic-vs-deliberative debate has long lapsed in policy analysis discourse. We attempt to remedy this debate by illustrating the case of Fah Ham smart city planning in...
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT): In the Lens of Philippine Decentralization || Ana Leah Dungog-Cuizon, Cyril Bryan Cuizon, Roselle Jardin
Abstract: While there had been several initiatives aimed at evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, not one has zeroed in on which political set-up the CCT is best compatible with. This study examined how the...
Authoritarian Values and Institutional Trust: Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from the Philippines || Ronald R. Pernia
Abstract: Studies on authoritarian values, which have mostly focused on authoritarian regimes and on democracies with spells of authoritarianism, suggest trust in public institutions. However, limited empirical evidence has been carried out in the Philippines where...
Duterte’s Tight Grip over Local Politicians: Can it Endure? || Weena S. Gera and Paul Hutchcroft
Overview: The major trend in central-local relations in the Philippines under the regime of President Rodrigo Duterte has been the capacity of the presidential palace to exert a very tight grip over local politicians—arguably the tightest since the martial-law...
Musikang Bayan (People’s Music) and the Militant-Materialist-Progressive-Nationalist Music || Noe M. Santillan
Abstract Music is a cultural Ideological State Apparatus (Althusser 1971, 143- 148). In such a lens, this paper proceeds in the manner of Althusser’s argument, and the critique applies to popular music in the Philippines vis-à-vis Gramsci’s cultural hegemony. With...
Order out of Court: Insights on the Lawyers’ Role in the Success and Failure of Mediation in Cebu City, Philippines || Francis Michael C. Abad
Abstract: To address the problem of overwhelming cases pending before the judiciary, mediation has been sought as a means to settle disputes speedily and amicably. This article argues that much of the success or failure of a mediator to reach a settlement among...
Women Choosing Younger Men: Exploring Evolved Mate Preferences and Mate Choice Copying || Rowena V. Mende
AbstractThe present study explored the phenomenon of women choosing younger men—seemingly a violation of evolved mate preferences of males preferring young mates and females preferring resource-laden mates who are usually older. The study explored this issue through...
2021 UP Cebu Research and Creative Work Virtual Presentations
The Central Visayas Studies Center brings to you another session of research presentations. Join them on the dates below: 15 July 2021, 9:30AM CVSC Virtual Presentation Day 1Time: July 15, 2021; 9:30AMhttp://up-edu.zoom.us/j/88152596518Meeting ID: 881 5259...