The University of the Philippines is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university,as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500,giving it institutional autonomy.
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development of the general approach in sociology which led to the emergence of his world-systems approach. He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019,and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
Walden Flores Bello is a Filipino academic who served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is an international adjunct professor at Binghamton University,professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman,and executive director of regional policy think-tank Focus on the Global South. Bello is also the founder and chairperson of the left-wing alliance Laban ng Masa. (lit. Fight of the Masses)
The Philippine Collegian is the official weekly student publication of the University of the Philippines Diliman. It is also commonly known to the university's students as Kulê. It is known for its radical,national democratic,often anti-administration views,and gives critical views on the policies of the UP administration and the Philippine government.
Clarita Reyes Carlos is a Filipino political scientist and commentator,academic,and educator who last served as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from 2022 to 2023. As National Security Adviser,she concurrently served as the Director-General of the National Security Council and Vice Chairperson of the Anti-Terrorism Council. She served as the 16th President of the National Defense College of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001,becoming the first female and first civilian to lead the institution.
Rosario Manalo,is a Filipino career diplomat,political scientist,and educator in the Philippines. She is the Special Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and has served as undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. Moreover,she has served as Philippine ambassador to Sweden,to France,to Belgium and to the European Economic Community.
Alexander R. Magno,popularly known as Professor Alex Magno,is a political scientist and academician in the Philippines.
Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. was a Filipino economist and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.
The economic history of the Philippines chronicles the long history of economic policies in the nation over the years.
Onofre Dizon Corpuz ONS was a Filipino academic,economist,and historian. He served as the Secretary of Education of the Philippines from 1968 to 1971 and was the 13th president of the University of the Philippines System from 1975 to 1979. Dr. Corpuz was later named Minister of Education under the parliamentary system wherein he was also member of the now defunct Batasang Pambansa from 1979 to 1983.
Alex Bello Brillantes Jr. is a Filipino political scientist and expert of local governance and development administration. He was the dean of the University of the Philippines - National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) and executive director of the Local Government Academy (LGA) under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Dr. Mahar Mangahas is the president of Philippine-based opinion survey firm Social Weather Stations (SWS). A former professor of economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman,he earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago under the tutelage of Milton Friedman. The Filipino economic and social indicators expert also writes for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Arsenio Molina Balisacan is a Filipino economist and academician currently serving as the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Balisacan first served as the NEDA Secretary from May 2012 to January 2016 under the Benigno Aquino III administration. He then served under the Duterte administration as the Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission from February 1,2016 to June 30,2022. He was again appointed as NEDA Secretary under the Bongbong Marcos administration. During his first term in 2012,he concurrently served as NEDA Secretary and as Chairman of the Boards of the Philippine Statistics Authority,Philippine Institute for Development Studies,Philippine Center for Economic Development,and Public-Private Partnership Center.
Francisco Alfafara Nemenzo Jr. is a Filipino political scientist,educator,and activist who served as the 18th president of the University of the Philippines (UP) from 1999 to 2005. He had previously served as chancellor of UP Visayas,UP Faculty Regent,and dean of the College of Arts &Sciences of UP Diliman.
Mark R. Thompson is an expert on Southeast Asian politics,with particular interest in the Philippines,Thailand,and Indonesia. He also works on broader themes of comparative politics,particularly authoritarianism and democratization. He is professor of politics at the City University of Hong Kong,where he is head of the Department of Asian and International Studies (AIS) and also director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC). Earlier he taught in the United Kingdom (Glasgow),Germany,and Japan. In 2013-2014 he was president of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA). He has been a regularly commentator on Southeast Asian politics in the international media.
Julio Cabral Teehankee is a Filipino political scientist. He is Full Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University (DLSU) where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department (1994–2007);Chair of the International Studies Department (2008–2013);and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (2013–2017).
The University of the Philippines Asian Center is a degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman,and is the only unit of the university with a regional area of specialization. The Asian Center offers multidisciplinary graduate programs on Asian Studies and on Philippine Studies. Its mandate is underpinned by Republic Act No. 5334,which was enacted in June 1968. The Center is a member of Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia and the Kyoto International Consortium for Asian Studies (KICAS).
The 21-year period of Philippine economic history during Ferdinand Marcos’regime –from his election in 1965 until he was ousted by the People Power Revolution in 1986 –was a period of significant economic lows.
Philippine Society and Revolution,first published in 1971,is a book written by Filipino Maoist revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines Jose Maria Sison,under his nom de guerre Amado Guerrero. Regarded as one of the CPP's principal references,PSR has also influenced the Filipino mass movement since its first publication. It applied Maoist analysis to contemporary Filipino society,describing its class structure,its basic problems,and the "class logic of the revolutionary solution —which is the people's democratic revolution."
Jaime "Ka Jimmy" Tadeo was a Filipino peasant and organic farming activist.
