Philippine Society and Culture: Mechanisms for Strenthening National Consciousness and Unity

Abstract

The present paper was originally prepared for a volume Policy Directions for the ~(edited by Felipe Miranda and Mahar Mangahas, 1981) under the title "National Integration"). The volume never saw print because of its controversial nature, i.e., it was critical of many of the policies of the Marcos administration. The paper, while it was not as critical as the other papers prepared for the volume, raised a few issues which somehow brought to the attention of those then in power, the need to address such issues in order to alleviate at least the conditions of those for which the issues had been raised.