POLITICAL SELF: DEVELOPING ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Refers to the actions or activities concerned with achieving and using power in a

nation or society.

• Plataforms

• Politics

• Advocacy

• Order

“man is, by nature, a political animal.” This

• David Hume

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Sigmund freud

Politics as imbibed by man implies several things:

Power inequalities can be observed within societies. The one

who holds power holds influence.

• Politics is concerned with power.

• Politics functions based on a particular social economic and cultural context.

• The political is also personal.

• Politics goes hand in hand with the society.

Politics as imbibed by man implies several things:

The nature of

politics and political systems is dependent on the culture of the state. Political claims made by

advocates are influenced by their geographical location and ideology.

• Politics is concerned with power.

• Politics functions based on a particular social economic and cultural context.

• The political is also personal.

• Politics goes hand in hand with the society.

Politics as imbibed by man implies several things:

One’s personal choices reflect his/her personal politics; both are

indistinguishable.

• Politics is concerned with power.

• Politics functions based on a particular social economic and cultural context.

• The political is also personal.

• Politics goes hand in hand with the society.

Politics as imbibed by man implies several things:

Politics pervades the structure of society, and thus

influences inhabitants in their beliefs, ethics, and behavior.

• Politics is concerned with power.

• Politics functions based on a particular social economic and cultural context.

• The political is also personal.

• Politics goes hand in hand with the society.

refers to the structured forms of engagement with political processes and

everyday forms of participation in society. It is also defined as the process of sharing decisions which

affect one’s life and the life of a community in which one lives. Participation is the fundamental right

of citizenship.

• Active citizenship

• Regular citizenship

• Power citizenship

• Activated citizenship

The______is a result of various personal and

environmental factors that impact the individual.

• Political ideology

• Political self

• Political perception

• Political care

anchored on one’s cognitive

and behavioral engagement to participate in

formal and informal political activities

• Active citizenship

• Regular citizenship

• Power citizenship

• Activated citizenship

a practice of democracy.

• Active citizenship

• Regular citizenship

• Power citizenship

• Activated citizenship