Government Flashcards
Enduring collection of rules and organized practices, embedded in structures of meaning and resources that are relatively invariant in the face of turnover of individuals and relatively resilient to the idiosyncratic preferences and expectations of individuals and changing external circumstances.
Institutions
Entity that is participating in a political processes
Political Institutions
Likelihood of achieving desired ends in spite of resistance from others
Power
Power to make binding decisions and issue commands
Authority
Moral and ethical concept that bestows one who possesses power the right to exercise such since it is perceived to be justified and proper
Legitimacy
Legitimacy is derived from well established customs, habits and social structures
Traditional Authority
Draws its legitimacy from formal rules promulgated by the state through its fundamental and implementing laws
Rational-Legal / Bureaucratic Authority
Legitimacy emanates from the charisma of an individual
Charismatic Authority
Small kin-ordered group living together in a loosely defined geographical territory for a temporary time
Band
- Made of kin-groups
- Practice of agriculture make them able to support large population
Tribe
Few local communities who subscribe to the power and rule of a leader who has absolute power on them
Chiefdom
Political unit consisting of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory
state
the number of holders of Government Power in a monarchy is
1
Local govt. Subordinate to the national govt.
Unitary
Shared power between national and local govt.
Federal
