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  2. Benevolent dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    A benevolent dictatorship is a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state but is perceived to do so with regard for the benefit of the population as a whole. It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests.

  3. Ferdinand Marcos - Wikipedia

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    One of Marcos' rationalizations for martial law stated that there was a need to "reform society" [157]: 66 by placing it under the control of a "benevolent dictator" who could guide the undisciplined populace through a period of chaos. [157]: 29 [212] He referred to this social engineering exercise as the bagong lipunan or "new society".

  4. Filipino nationalism - Wikipedia

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    [65] [66] Among Marcos' rationalizations for the declaration of martial law were the linked ideologies of the "bagong lipunan" ("new society") [52]: "66" and of "constitutional authoritarianism," [67] claiming there was a need to "reform society" [52]: "66" by placing it under the control of a "benevolent dictator" in a "constitutional ...

  5. Why Bongbong Marcos, a Philippine Dictator’s Son, Leads the ...

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  6. List of totalitarian regimes - Wikipedia

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    Later debates focused on Fascism rather than arguing whether Francoism was totalitarian; some historians wrote that it was a typical conservative military dictatorship, contemporary historians stress its Fascist component and describe it as para-Fascist or a regime of unfinished fascization which evolved to a merely authoritarian regime during ...

  7. Education in the Philippines during Spanish rule - Wikipedia

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    During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1521–1898), the different cultures of the archipelago experienced a gradual unification from a variety of native Asian and Islamic customs and traditions, including animist religious practices, to what is known today as Filipino culture, a unique hybrid of Southeast Asian and Western ...

  8. Education in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine education system struggles with policy implementation, and many government schools need more classroom space, textbooks, desks and learning equipment, such as libraries, computers and science laboratories. Most government schools with large class sizes run in two or three shifts.

  9. Political history of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    It also served as a justification for taking possession of the islands, along with the theory they were as of yet incapable of democratic self-governance. [11]: 25–26 The Schurman Commission, in assessing the islands, reported to the President that the various peoples of the islands lacked a common nationhood. However, a small number of ...