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Gramscian Democracy & Philippine Mobilizations

The document discusses five Gramscian views of liberal democracy and three mass mobilizations that took place in the Philippines. The Gramscian views include private ensembles maintaining bourgeois power through consent, civil society activities being structured by class formation, political struggle working through challenges from the state and people, universalist leadership claims depending on access to institutions and resources, and mobilization depending on interpellatory calls to citizens. The mass mobilizations in the Philippines prevented electoral fraud in 1953, monitored elections in 1969, and organized the People Power Revolution in 1986.

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Gramscian Democracy & Philippine Mobilizations

The document discusses five Gramscian views of liberal democracy and three mass mobilizations that took place in the Philippines. The Gramscian views include private ensembles maintaining bourgeois power through consent, civil society activities being structured by class formation, political struggle working through challenges from the state and people, universalist leadership claims depending on access to institutions and resources, and mobilization depending on interpellatory calls to citizens. The mass mobilizations in the Philippines prevented electoral fraud in 1953, monitored elections in 1969, and organized the People Power Revolution in 1986.

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Reina Adriano | 124428 | POS100-V Q#3 | April 20, 2016

1. Five (5) Gramscian views of liberal democracy


a. Private ensembles such as civic associations and religious institutions help
maintain the power of the bourgeois by the mobilization of consent, or hegemony.
b. Since they are structured by patterns of class formation and the continuous
movement of an expanding dominant force, activities of civil society are seen
through the degree of homogeneity, self-awareness, and organization attained by
the various social classes.
c. The political struggle or war of position works in a modern parliamentary state
since Gramsci puts attention on the mounting of challenge from above (the state)
and below (the people) to the domination and reproduction of social forces.
d. The emergence of mobilization in the name of civil society should be situated
within a context that has access not only to political institutions and economic
resources, but also over claims to universalist leadership.
e. Mobilization in the name of civil society depends on the success of interpellatory
calls to citizens and performative displays of citizenship, as against other appeals
and articulations of identity, such as class.
2. Three (3) mass mobilizations that took place in the Philippines
a. In 1953, the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), the first and
most famous election-watch campaign in Asia, prevented any electoral fraud and
violence from the candidates namely Elpidio Quirino and Ramon Magsaysay.
b. In 1969, the Citizens National Electoral Assembly (CNLA) had an election-watch
for Ferdinand Marcos who was running for Presidency.
c. In 1986, the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)
dispatched thousands of volunteers to cover precincts when Ferdinand Marcos
claimed he won the elections; NAMFREL subsequently organized the First
People Power Revolution.

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