General Reviwer Flashcards
capacity to influence the
actions, behaviors, and decisions of
another individual
Power
actual use of power by
threatening coercion or
consequences to impose an action or
decision over another
Force
persuasion and
relationship; one can modify another
person’s behavior and decision
making without force
Influence
power generated from
legitimate means such as an election
Authority
absolute power passed on from generation to generation
Traditional Authority
comes from the constitution of a
country
Rational-legal Authority
derived from the personality of a
leader exuding charisma
Charismatic Authority
compelling
attraction or charm of a person
Charisma
State has four main manifest function :
1. Maintain Peace and Order
2. Plan and Direct Society
3. Meet Social Needs
4. Manage International
Relations
Functionalist Perspective
State is an
all-controlling government
Conflict Perspective
[WHO] coined
“Power Elite” in 1956 – those who control power in society.
C. Wright Mills
State is a micro-level analysis of symbols
that maintain the status quo or how
power is arranged in the government
Interactionist Perspective
[WHO] Human society into four categories:
- BAND
- TRIBES
- CHIEFDOM
- STATE
Elman Service (1962)
Has the lowest complexity.
- Rarely exceeding 100 in
population.
- No Leader
- Egalitarian
- Closest Relationship
Band
Composed of segmentary linages/clusters of family.
- About 100 – 5,000 people
- Lineage
- Compete for Leadership
- Calling on the Supernatural or
giving Trial by Ordeal
Tribes
Ranked society.
- Leader Dies = Successor is called upon
Chiefdom
Largest and most formal.
- Political organization run by a government.
- State selects its leaders by various means via election, succession of monarchies, or
appointment
State
source of
power; crafter after the Marcos
Dictatorship.
1987 Constitution
political
process; House of
Representatives decide to initiate
the removal of aforesaid
officials.
Impeachment
Crafts Laws;
power to remove by
impeachment
— Senate (Upper
House)
— House of
Representatives
(Lower House)
Legislative Branch
Executes the Law
— President
— Vice President
— Cabinet
Secretaries
Executive Branch
Dispenses Justice
— Members of the
Supreme Court
— Chief Justice
— Shariah Court –
for Muslim
Customary.
Judiciary Branch
mandate to
conduct elections.
Commission on Elections
(COMELEC)
mandate to
investigate any human rights violation.
Commission on human
Rights (CHR)
social actor that has a
particular obligation
to respect and
promote human
rights
Duty Bearers
mandate to oversee
the professionalism and
integrity of government
actions; central agency of all government employees.
Civil Service Commission
(CSC)
mandate to audit or
examine all government
accounts and expenditure.
Commission on Audit
(COA)
power to ensure all laws are followed throughout the country
National Government
tasked to ensure the implementation
of the laws.
Local Government
governor,
vice governor,
sangguniang
panlalawigan.
Province
mayor, vice mayor,
sangguniang
panlungsod o
pambayan
City/Municipality
barangay
captain and kagawad
Barangay
Only regional government; Established through the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)
help in developing
better societies but are not under any
state of government
Non-state
provide loans to customers
but with an interest rate.
Banks
largest type of bank
Commercial/Universal Banks
aim to increase
the savings of depositors
Savings Bank
smallest type of
bank; usually on provinces or
rural areas.
Rural Banks
- large type of
business. - Authorized to act as a single entity
Corporations
organizations that have mutual goals
among their members
Cooperatives and Trade Unions
created across
all levels and types of
employment
General Unions