Politics Flashcards
- It includes the decision-making process in any group that makes and enforces rules for its members.
- The science of government
POLITICS
what is the two views in politics?
MINORITY & MAJORITY
What is the tasks of political scientists?
to consider how people resolve these disagreements
How can we study politics?
-It can be studied through political science because it embraces an array of theoretical perspectives and a variety of analytic frameworks. (E.g., Marxism, Feminism, etc.)
-Studying politics entails using different approaches or perspectives.
-In the Philippines, Politics can be studied through the ___ by political leaders, the effectiveness of government institutions, official action, appointments to a position, crafting of economic policies, lawmaking, processing of applications for government permits and licenses, etc.
Exercise of power
Is it possible to study politics objectively and without bias?
NO
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Politics & History (Tracing the past – Political History)
Politics & Economics (Economic Policy Making)
Politics & Sociology (Social Institutions)
Politics & Anthropology (Political Leadership)
Politics & Psychology (Behavior and Actions)
Politics & Geography (Geopolitics – Location, Territory, and Resources)
Politics & Law (Exercise of Political Authority)
-It refers to the governing body which is the instrument of the state through which the will of the people is expressed, carried out, and formulated.
Government
It pertains to the administrative action of the sovereign authority – the exercise of authoritative direction or control over a particular political unit or organization, including the implementation of policies and the monitoring of its jurisdiction.
Governance
- It is commonly defined as the exercise of the power of authority by political leaders for the well-being of their country’s citizens or subjects.
Governance
-This term includes the persons and organizations that make, enforce, and apply political decisions for a society
Government
- To govern should now mean ____, not to dominate or command
To facilitate & regulate
Why study politics?
-It helps you to know your rights
-It clarifies what you believe
-It helps you to understand the affairs of our nation
-prepares you for adult life.
Why should you care about politics?
(1) You should always know what is going on around you.
(2) You should have a say in what will happen.
(3) The decisions people make will affect many lives.
____ is defined as the study of the state and government.
Political Science
It comes from the Greek word ___, which means ___, and ___, which means_____
Polis - City-state, ciencia - Knowledge/study
Stages in the study of political science:
the government, its leaders, and laws was considered as divine or divinely inspired.
Religious Stage
Stages in the study of political science:
the state was considered a human institution, and it is, therefore, absolute (cannot be changed).
Metaphysical Stage
Stages in the study of political science:
Stage- the state was deemed capable of being improved by rulers and subjects according to certain principles and laws.
Modern Stage
Stages in the study of political science:
Stage- the state was deemed capable of being improved by rulers and subjects according to certain principles and laws.
Modern Stage
Wrote “Politics”, the first systematic work on political affairs.
Father of Political Science
Aristotle
Wrote “The Prince”, a handbook for rulers in the art of government.
Father of Modern Political Science
Niccolo Machiavelli
Wrote “Manual of Political Ethics”; the first systematic treatise in political science.
Prof. Francis Lieber
A group of persons, more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control, and possessing a government to which a great body of inhabitants renders habitual obedience.
State
State is a____, while Nation is an ___
Legal concept, ethnic/racial concept
to be born indicates a relation of birth or origin and implies a common race
Nasci-
true or false:
a nation may comprise several states
True
true or false:
It is also possible for a single state to be made up of more than one nation, e.g. the US which was the “melting pot” of many nations that we eventually combined into the “American nation”
True
Give the elements of the state
People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty
As a requisite for statehood, there should be an adequate number for self-sufficiency and defense; of both sexes for perpetuity.
People
Different meaning of people used in the 1987 constitution
Inhabitants, electors, citizens
Legal or juristic
can be changed or taken back
Citizenship
Ethnic or racial
Absolute, innate
Nationality
“ A people bound together by common attractions and repulsion into a living organism possessed of a common pulse, a common intelligence, and inspiration, and destined apparently to have a common history and a common fate.” (Malcolm)
CItizenship
Sec. 1 Art. I: The ______ comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters _______, ______, _____ the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.
National Territory; Around, Between, Connecting
Give the components of Philippine Territory
Terrestrial
Fluvial
Aerial Domains
Marine
Aerospace
Aerial Domains
Land
Terrestrial
External waters both surface and sub-aquatic
Marine
Internal Waters
Fluvial
The agency or instrumentality through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and realized.
Government
Our Constitution, however, requires our government to be _____ and _______
Democratic and Republican
Section_ Art __. The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. ____ resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.
Sec. 1 Art. II; Sovereignty
it is one wherein all government authority emanates from the people and is exercised by representatives chosen by the people.
Republican
emphasizes that the Philippines has some aspects of direct democracy such as initiative and referendum.
Democratic
The supreme and uncontrollable power innate in a State by which that State is governed.
Sovereignty
Freedom of the State to manage its own affairs
Internal Sovereignty
Freedom of the State to direct its foreign affairs,
External Sovereignty
It is defined as the power of a state to manage its external affairs without direction or interference from another state.
Independence
What are the duties of the State
Peace and order, Political Harmony (Good laws), Social Justice, Economic Development
The state is of divine origin, all political authority emanates from God.
Divine Theory
This theory states that men agreed among themselves to live under one civil society or body politics. A person surrendered his natural liberty but gained in return the protection and civil rights guaranteed by the government.
Social Contract Theory
The state has arisen through sheer force; a tribe conquering other tribes to form a kingdom
Force Theory
This theory says that the head of the household was the government.
Evolutionary Theory
What is the Doctrine of ABC
Around, Between, and Connecting
- It is a system for government, codified as written document, which contains fundamental laws and principles. It usually contains fundamental political principles and establishes the structures, procedures, powers, and duties of a government.
Constitution
1987 Constitution is also known as
Freedom Constitution
Nature and Purpose of Constitution
- It serves as the supreme or fundamental law.
- It establishes basic framework and underlying principles of government.
- Body of law deprived from Country’s written constitution. It lays down and guides the duties and powers of the government and the duties and rights of its citizens and residents.
Constitutional Law
- As to their origin and history
o Conventional or Enacted
o Cumulative or Evolved
- As to their form
o Written
o Unwritten
- As to manner of amending them
o Rigid or Inelastic
o Flexible or Elastic
The constitution is divided into ___ parts, excluding the Preamble, which are called ___)
18 Parts, Articles
One of the frameworkers and an idie film director.
Lino Brocal
Head the drafting of the Philippine Constitution and the head of the frameworkers
Cecilia Munoz Palma
