State and Non-State Flashcards
it is a community of persons, more or less numerous, occupying a definite portion of earth’s surface, having its own government, through which the inhabitants render habitual obedience free from outside control.
State
It is important that a community of persons is composed of both males and females for purposes of reproduction. Reproduction is indispensable. It is through reproduction that the state can continue to exist.
People or Population
should be a fixed and bounded portion of the earth’s surface. Within it, are natural resources that are vital for people to live. The inhabitants have the responsibility to conserve and protect these resources. Furthermore, the people must be able to defend their state from invaders and doing so, the use of force.
Territory
body where people, through their representatives, can express their desire. This is where that laws to be implemented in the country are enacted. Since it is believed that the government should be established by the people themselves, through the Constitution that they will promulgate, it is but logical for them to bestow their obedience to it. The people should follow the laws and respect authority.
Government
Elements of the State
- People or Population
- Territory
- Government
- Sovereignty
Three Branches of Government
- Legislative
- Executive
- Judiciary
formulate the will of the state i.e. performs law- making functions;
Legislative
enforces and implements the laws i.e. performs the law- application functions
Executive
applies the laws to specific cases and settles the disputes i.e. performs adjudication functions
Judiciary
refers to the supreme power of the state to rule itself without interference from other state.
This means that the state is an independent entity where people enjoy freedom. A territory is not a state if it is not independent.
Sovereignty
Origin of the State
- Devine Theory
- Social Contraction Theory
- Force Theory
• The people have agreed to established the state to their common benefit.
• It postulates a state of nature as the original condition’s mankind and a social contract.
• The state of nature was not an organized society.
• Each man living therein led a life of his own, uncontrolled by any laws of human imposition
Social Contraction Theory
• It holds that the state was created by God for the people.
• The State its advocates maintain was Created by God and governed by His deputy or vicegerent.
• He (God) sent His deputy to rule over them.
• The ruler was divinely appointed agent and he was responsible for his actions to God alone.
• As the ruler was the deputy of God, obedience to him was held to be religious duty and resistance a sin.
• To complain against the authority of the ruler and characterize his actions as unjust was a sin for which there was divine punishment.
Devine Theory
• It was established through the use of force in order for people to follow.
• Emphasizes the origin of the State in subornation of the weak to the strong.
• A person physically stronger than captured and enslaved the weak.
• Having increased the number of his followers, over whom he exercised undisputed authority, he became a tribal chief.
• The powerful conquered the weak this process of conquest and domination continued till the victorious tribe secured control over a definite territory.
Force Theory
These are institutions which are not owned and controlled by the government. Some non-state institutions are either for profit or non-profit and some are for personal investments and financial assistance.
Non State Institutions
Forms of Non State Institutions
- Bank and Corporations
- Cooperatives and Trade Union
- Transnational Advocacy Group
- Development Agencies
financial institution which deals with deposits and advances and other related services.
It receives money from those who want to save in the form of deposits and it lends money to those who need
Bank
According to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas the top 3 banks in the Philippines as of December 31, 2019
- BDO Unibank Inc.
- Metrobank
- Land Bank of the Philippines
largest of the banks in the Philippines in terms of assets. The full-service universal bank also takes the lead in consolidated resources, deposits, customer loans, and branch and ATM network all over the country.
BDO Unibank Inc.
one of the premier financial institutions in the country. It currently offers a wide range of banking products and services all over the world, with its network of more than 2,300 ATMs, 950 local branches, 32 foreign branches, and representative offices.
Metrobank
considered the largest formal credit institution in the rural areas. It is also one of the top commercial banks in the Philippines in terms of assets, loans, and deposits.
Landbank of the Philippines
offers a wide range of products and services, such as deposits, lending, foreign exchange, trusts and investments, brokering, credit cards, remittances, and corporate cash management. Founded in 1968 as a thrift bank called Acme Savings Bank, it was renamed Banco de Oro Savings and Mortgage when it is acquired by the SY group in 1976.
BDO
was founded in 1962 and opened its first branch a year later. In 1970, it opened its first international branch in Taipei. Three years later, it established a representative office in Hong Kong. Metrobank was also the first of the private banks in the Philippines to open in the US with its office in Guam in 1976.
Metrobank
established in 1963 to help farmers and fishermen through revenues from its commercial banking operations. It enables the universal bank to strike a balance between maintaining a financially viable institution and supporting rural development initiatives. The universal bank manages a strong rural branch network consisting of 365 branches and more
Landbank
