4 research outputs found
Indigenous Peoples’ Legislative Representation Through the Philippine Party-List System
No full textThis qualitative study examines whether the Philippine party-list system effectively enables indigenous peoples’ legislative representation by reviewing documents from the Philippine Commission on Elections, the Philippine Congress, the Philippine Supreme Court, and the profiles of elected indigenous peoples’ party-list groups. Using Hannah Pitkin’s dimensions of representation, this study finds that, as a form of formal mechanism, the party-list system provides limited representation opportunities for indigenous peoples’ party-list groups. Additionally, although the elected sectoral representatives are members of indigenous communities, their socio-economic status differs from that of most of the indigenous peoples. Finally, the presence of indigenous peoples’ sectoral representatives in the legislature did not result in adequate substantive representation of indigenous communities, as most indigenous-related proposals have not passed into legislation. This study concludes that the mainstream electoral mechanism fails to effectively enhance the legislative representation of indigenous peoples
Regional autonomy: Pursuing elite interest
No full textThis study aims to explain the failure to institute an Autonomous Region of the Cordillera (ARC). Although the Philippine Constitution supports its institution and efforts to establish it has continued for more than three decades, an ARC has not been realized. While previous studies focused on the contents of the autonomy organic acts and the previous plebiscite rejections, they have neglected to focus on the autonomy advocates. This study shows, using qualitative content analysis, that the autonomy advocates lacked cohesion. They have failed to align their criticism against a centralized governance system with their desire to protect the IPs of the region. Also, they have failed to construct a unifying identity for the region’s populace. This study demonstrates how the elite, fragmented by their interests, have contributed to the failure of establishing regional autonomy
Glenohumeral Translations in Overhead Workers with Sub-Acromial Impingement Syndrome: A Review
No full textIntroduction: The third most common musculoskeletal condition is shoulder pain with a prevalence of up to 70%. The second most frequent shoulder condition is subacromial impingement syndrome. Impingement can be classified as either anterosuperior or posterosuperior. Faulty posture, altered scapular or glenohumeral kinematics, posterior capsular tightness, and acromial or coracoacromial arch pathology are all potential extrinsic mechanics that can lead to Subacromial impingement syndrome. The purpose of this review is to find the different variation in translation that takes place in the glenohumeral joint in Subacromial impingement syndrome in overhead workers.
Methods: We performed a review of the various translations observed in the glenohumeral joint in subacromial impingement syndrome and discussed the evidence-based studies. For the review, an electronic search for relevant articles using PUBMED, Pedro, Research Gate, and Google Scholar databases up to Dec 2022 was done wherein MeSH search terms and free words were used. Articles underwent the selection process and were selected on the basis of inclusion criteria. Articles were selected based on the author\u27s expertise, self-knowledge and reflective practice.
Results: The current study included 11 articles that fulfilled the inclusion criteria suggesting that various humeral translations in overhead workers. The above-reviewed studies provided evidence that based on occupational demands abnormal variations occur.
Conclusion: This review has provided an overview of the previous and recent literature on humeral head translation seen in sub-acromial impingement. This study concludes that superior translation is more common as compared to anterior-superior translation and posterior-superior translation
The enduring local: representations of land and home in the Anglo-Caribbean
No full textThis dissertation draws on approaches in ecocriticism, critical race theory, and decolonialism to interrogate the ways in which Caribbean space is represented in Anglo-Caribbean literature. Using archival research, visual culture, literary criticism, and Caribbean history, it traces how colonialism shaped the current use of the land. This legacy is seen in the willful ecological destruction of the land, the history of violent labor practices, and the economic and ecological vulnerability of the islands. These violent practices were strategically employed by the early Anglo—colonists like Richard Ligon and William Blathwayt who sought to flatten Caribbean space into colonial intellectual property. Early nationalist writers, and subsequently literature from the contemporary Caribbean, wrestled with this flattening by indicating the ways in which the land was knowable among the locals, and how this knowledge differed from the colonial flattening. This dissertation argues that contemporary Caribbean authors like Shivanee Ramlochan, Dionne Brand, and Shani Mootoo create local intimate spaces and use queer love between women to reimagine a more inclusive local space no longer tied to neocolonial economic models. Building on the work of Belinda Edmondson and Shalini Puri, this dissertation posits douglarization, the cultural hybridization of the Afro- and Indo- diasporas in the Anglo-Caribbean, as a means of creating a localized home space that addresses the socio-economic concerns of the descendants of plantation laborers. These 21st century authors plot a path forward from the narrower, masculinist Anglo-Caribbean literatures of the early nationalist period as practiced by Derek Walcott, proposing a Caribbean future that is broadly reflective of the knowledge and desires of contemporary Anglo-Caribbean people.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical reference
