ucsp Flashcards
refers to activities through which people make, preserve, and amend the general rules under which they live.
- it involves the dynamics of conflict resolution and cooperation, as well as the exercise of power.
POLITICS
refers to the ability to do something in order to achieve a desired outcome.
It involves a relationship - there is one who exercise power and another who is subject to it.
POWER
It is usually a very small,
oftentimes nomadic group that is connected by family ties and is politically independent
Bands
legitimate power, where in the person who has authority has the right to exercise power
AUTHORITY
It is a combination of smaller kin or non-kin groups, linked by a common culture, that usually act as one. Bigger than bands.
Tribes
Political unit headed by a
chief, who holds power
over more than one
community groups.
More densely populated.
Chiefdoms
IT IS A
POLITICAL UNIT
THAT HAS
SOVEREIGNTY.
STATE
CONSISTS OF A DISTINCT POPULATION OF PEOPLE BOUND TOGETHER BY COMMON CULTURE, HISTORY, AND TRADITION TYPICALLY CONCENTRATED WITHIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS.
NATIONS
Form of leadership
legitimacy based on inheritance of the title.
TRADITIONAL
Type of leadership based on personal attachment of the subordinates to the ruler whose characteristics, experience or even skills are believed to be extraordinary or maybe even supernatural.
CHARISMATIC
Achieved through the
process of established
codes , procedures governing the allocation
and distribution of power
and resources within
society.
RATIONAL/LEGAL
This economic process entails the exchange of commodities between parties, often on an individual basis.
RECIPROCITY
Gift giving without any
expectation of immediate return
Giving birthday presents to a friend
Generalized Reciprocity
Expecting immediate return from any given favor. The value of commodities is expected to be equal.
Selling goods and services in the market
Balanced Reciprocity
The exchange tends to favor one party over the other, as value for the exchange is unequal.
A merchant selling fake
commodities at prices of the original and genuine items
Negative Reciprocity