Midterm Flashcards
- A community of persons more or less numerous
- permanently occupying a definite portion of territory
- having a government of their own
- to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience,
- and enjoying freedom from external control.
State
Elements of State
- People
- Territory
- Government
- Sovereignty
- Recognition
- This refers to the mass of population living within the state.
- no requirement as to the number that should compose a state.
- neither too small nor too large:
- small enough to be well-governed and large enough to be self-sufficing.
People
Types of territory
- Terrestrial (land mass)
- Aerial (air space)
- Fluvial (rivers and streams)
- Maritime Domain (related to the sea/s)
It refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out.
Government
It is the supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its will from people within its jurisdiction, and to have freedom from foreign control.
Sovereignty
Manifestations of Sovereignty
- Internal or the power of the state to rule within its territory;
- External or the freedom of the state to carry out its activities without subjection or control by other states. External sovereignty is often referred to as independence.
Characteristics of Sovereignty
- Permanence;
- Exclusivity;
- Comprehensiveness;
- Absoluteness;
- Individuality;
- Inalienability; and
- Imprescritibility
means it exist in the same form forever or for a very long time.
Permanence
means it is limited to a group of people.
Exclusivity
means including everything, so as to be complete comprehensive knowledge of the subject.
Comprehensiveness
means possessing unlimited power: having total power and authority.
Absoluteness
means the state or condition of being separate from others.
Individuality
means it is impossible to take away or not able to be transferred or taken away, e.g. because of being protected by law.
Inalienability
it means not to be taken away or impossible to remove or violate the people’s imprescriptible rights.
Imprescribility
A necessary condition for a country to obtain statehood.
Recognition
Instances showing recognition such as, but not limited to, are the following;
Bilateral or multilateral agreements with other countries
Acceptance of membership application in the United Nation
Principal Forms of Government
- As to number of persons exercising sovereign powers;
- As to extent of powers exercised by the central or national government;
- As to relationship between the executive and the legislative branches of the government;
- As to source of power or authority:
As to number of persons exercising sovereign powers
Government by one
Government by few
Government by many
As to extent of powers exercised by the central or national government
Unitary government
Federal government
As to relationship between the executive and the legislative branches of the government
Parliamentary government
Presidential government
As to source of power or authority
De facto
De jure
Hereditary and Elective
- or one in which the supreme and final authority is in the hands of a single person
- without regard to the source of his election or the nature or duration of his tenure.
- include such rulers as kings and queens, emperors and empresses, tsars, and kaisers.
Monarchy
Types of Monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Limited monarchy
- or one in which the supreme power of the dictator whose power is usually through force.
Authoritarian government
Characteristics of Authoritarianism
- strict and demanding obedience: favoring strict rules and established authority;
- demanding political obedience: belonging to or believing in a political system in which obedience to the ruling person or group is strongly enforced.
Government by one
Monarchy
Authoritarian government
Government by few
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
or one in which political power is exercised by few privileged class.
Aristocracy
characteristics of aristocracy
- people of highest social class: people of noble families or the highest social class
- superior group: a group believed to be superior to all others of the same kind
- government by elite: government of a country by a small group of people, especially a hereditary nobility
- state run by elite: a state governed by an aristocracy.
- small governing group: a small group of people who together govern a nation or control an organization, often for their own purposes;
- government by small group: government or control by a small group of people.
Oligarchy
Sources of power in government by few
by birth
by wealth
by wisdom
Whenever the interests of the people as a whole are made subservient to the selfish interests of the rulers, aristocracy becomes a form of government known as-
oligarchy