6: Understanding Politics Flashcards
refers to any organization that is involved in the political process.
political organization
the smallest of the four types of political organizations. It is usually a small group connected by family ties and is politically independent. They are most often found in foraging societies or groups of hunter-gatherers.
Bands
are larger compared to band societies. It is often described as a combination of smaller kin or non-kin groups which are united by a common culture.
Tribes
The chief and his family holds political power over the rest of the society, which now consists of more than one community.
Chiefdom
a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a certain territory.
a state according to Max Weber
refers to an organized political community that is living under a single system of government which governs a large population, with a hierarchy of differing political positions and the power to enforce decisions.
a state according to politics
They are the largest of the four political organizations. They are the most commonly seen political organization nowadays.
State
is the concept of right to issue and, using coercive power, to enforce a command.
Authority
it is “the basis of every system of authority, and correspondingly of every kind of willingness to obey, is a belief, a belief by virtue of which persons exercising authority are lent prestige.”
legitimacy according to Weber
a type of authority that is legitimated by the sanctity of tradition or custom.
Traditional Authority
is authority made legitimate by a leader with a mission and vision that inspires others.
Charismatic Authority
refers to a form of leadership made legitimate by legal rationality or legal legitimacy.
Legal-Rational Authority
Legitimacy originated from the Latin word “legitimare”, meaning
to “declare, lawful”
