This study explores the healthcare decision-making processes of patients at the University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) through the lens of Rational Choice Theory (RCT). As the country’s premier ...

This study is an inquiry into the effect of interpersonal relationships between street vendors, formal businesses, and state forces toward street vendors’ occupancy of public spaces, specifically the Quiapo Commercial ...

The study examines the gendered dynamic of caregiving, focusing on the low-income mothers who simultaneously assume the roles of being the primary provider of care at home and as a ‘bantay’ for their hospitalized children ...

Political dynasties have been a longstanding issue in the Philippines, with their detrimental effects on the social, economic, and political systems becoming increasingly evident. While existing research focuses on their ...

Student activism plays a prominent role in the advancement of social movements within the Philippines. However, inquiry and analysis that looks into the Philippine context is limited and temporally bound. Current definitions ...

This research investigates the political moralization of Philippine urban poor resistance in Barangay Veinte Reales, Valenzuela City amidst conditions of housing dispossession. Existing literature shows that Manila ...

This study examines the phenomenon of gender-based character assassination (GBCA, henceforth used to refer to gender-based character assassination) targeting Filipino female leaders, focusing on Leni Robredo during the ...

This study explores the relationship between political branding and dynastic persistence in the context of Marikina City, focusing specifically on Generation Z voters. The study employed semi-structured interviews with ...

This critical inquiry aims to privilege the voices of the marginalized to understand land use conversions (LUCs) in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, through the theoretical lens of Accumulation by Dispossession (ABD), community-based ...