POLITICS Flashcards
City state
POLIS
Citizens
POLITES
Government officials
POLITIKOS
Activities associated with the governance of acountry or other area.
POLITICS
“The authoritative of values for a society”
1953
“Understanding how authoritative decisions are made executed for a society”
1957
Described the study of politics as “who,gets,what,when and how”
LASSWELL (1936)
Refer to families whose members are involved in politics.
POLITICAL DYNASTIES
The 1987 constitution of the Philippines.
PHILIPPINE LAWS
Agreement for cooperation between different political parties.
POLITICAL ALLIANCE
The process of making and enforcing decisions within an organization or society.
GOVERNANCE
Must be open & clear, publicized and applied evenly.
JUST LAW
The process of creating & enforcing laws should be accessible and fair.
OPEN GOVERNMENT
Should be delivered timely by competent judges.
ACCESSIBLE & IMPARTIAL JUSTICE
What are the types of political organization?
BAND
TRIBES
CHIEFDOMS
STATES
Usually a very small, often times nomadic group that is connected by family ties.
BAND
Somewhat more complex than a band.
TRIBES
Having a more or less permanent, fulltime leader with real authority to make major decisions.
CHIEFDOMS
Political systems first appeared socities with larges scale intensive agriculture.
STATES
3 Types of authority
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY
CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
LEGAL-RATIONAL AUTHORITY
Legitimate power is conferred by customs and accepted practices
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY
People follow this authority because they believe in the leader.
CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
Power made by legitimate law.
LEGAL-RATIONAL AUTHORITY
To make something legal or acceptable.
LEGITIMIZATION
3 types of legitemacy
TRADITIONAL LEGITEMACY
CHARISMATIC LEGITEMACY
RATIONAL-LEGAL LEGITEMACY
Derives from societal customs and habits that emphasize the history of the authority of tradition.
TRADITIONAL LEGITEMACY
Derives from the ideas and personal charisma of the leader, a person whose authoritative person charms.
CHARISMATIC LEGITEMACY
Derives from a system of institutional procedure, where government institutions establish and enforce law and order in the public interest.
RATIONAL-LEGAL LEGITEMACY
Derives from having won a civil war.
Such as presidency of Salvador Allande (1970-73)
COMMUNISM
Doctorine that a government’s authority is determined by a body of laws of constitution.
CONSTITUTIONALISM
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
DEMOCRACY
Way of organizing a society in which agovernment ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people.
FASCISM,
Which one person reigns, usually a king or queen.
MONARCHY
Who said that the organization of a society is determined by economic forces.
According to him it was the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
KARL MARX (11818-1883)
Consists of elite families
UPPER CLASS
A clas of people in the middle oof a social hierarchy
MIDDLE CLASS
People below the middle class, having the lowest social rank.
LOW CLASS
2 types of movement
VERTICAL MOBILITY
HORIZONTAL MOBILITY
Movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socioeconomiic level to another
VERTICAL MOBILITY
Movement from one position to another within the same social level
HORIZONTAL MOBILITY
2 Types of system
OPEN CLASS SYSTEM
CLOSE CLASS SYSTEM
Is a person’s status is based on their achievement.
OPEN CLASS SYSTEM
People are born into their classes and they usually remain in their ascribed status for the rest of their life.
CLOSE CLASS SYSTEM
People having unequal access to various resources and privileges in society.
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Discrimination on the basis of sex or gender.
GENDER INEQUALITY
People whose cultural background differs
ETHNIC MINORITIES
WHAT ARE THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT?
- Executive
- Legislative
- Judiciary
