UCSP Flashcards
- “Social animal and by nature s/he is a political being”
- To live in the state and to be a man were identical
Aristotle
- “State is necessary because it comes into existence due to basic needs of life”
- It continues to remain for the sake of good life
- Aims, desires and aspirations of human beings are translated into action through state
Niccolo Machiavelli
“State is people organized for law within definite territory”
Woodrow wilson
Independent political entity with geographical boundaries
State
Can not exist without sovereignty
State
Refers to/has fixed territory
State
Large body of people united by common origin, culture, ethnicity and language
Nation
Refers to group of people
Nation
No need sovereignty
Nation
Has 4 elements
State
Possesses original powers
State
Permanent and continues forever
State
Abstract and invisible
State
Part of state
Government
Powers of government derived from state
Temporary. Can be replaced with people’s will
Government
Concrete and visible
Government
- Power of state to regulate freedom and property rights
- To protect public safety, health and morals or to promote convenience and general prosperity
- Welfare of people is the supreme law
Police Power
Power to impose tax on individuals and properties to support the government
Taxation
Right of state to use or destroy property of subjects for the ends of public utility or extreme necessity but with compensation
Eminent Domain
persons belonging to same class taxed at same rate
Uniform Taxation
as resources becomes higher, his rate likewise increase
Progressive Taxation
tax according to taxpayers’ capacity to pay
Equitable Taxation
System of government basing its legitimacy on the participation of people
Democracy
Total sovereignty is invested in one person, a head of state called ______, who holds the position until death or abdication
Monarchy
Types of Monarch: based on divine right
Absolute
Types of Monarch: monarchs are little more than symbolic heads of state; actual governing is responsibility of elected officials
Constitutional
- Prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to state and its claim
- Exercises extremely high degree of control over public and private life
Totalitarian
- Denies the people participation in government
- Indifferent to people’s needs and offers them no voice in selecting leaders
Authoritarian
Financial intermediaries or the regulations of society’s flow of money
Banks
keep money in safe place, and to earn interest in savings
As borrowers
borrow money to finance spending
As lenders
pay bills, and from customer to customer
As transferers of money
Owned by people who voluntarily cooperate with each other under the influence of social, economic and cultural benefits
Corporations
form of worker self-management
Producer (or worker)
customers share in the profit in relation to purchases
Consumer
- Established by states and private interests
- Promotes economic growth having preferential interest-rates and terms of repayment
Economic Development Agencies
Employee organization primarily concerned with improving conditions and rewards of working lives of members
Trade(s) Union
Realization of interdependency of all countries in different issues such as economic, security and laws
Types:
International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs)
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
International Organization
Group with social advocacy across national boundaries
Ex: Red Cross, World Vision, Habitat for Humanity
Transnational Advocacy Groups
responsive when there are needs and concerns of different countries
Actor
means of dialogue esp. in crisis and conflict between nations
Forum
sharing resources both intellectual and material esp. when times of calamity
Resource
- Social institution found in all societies
- Unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another
FAMILY
“a highly structured secondary group formed to achieve specific goals in the most efficient manner.” Who said this, and what term did she defined
Diana Kendall, Formal Organization
joined voluntarily to pursue a common interest or gain personal satisfaction or prestige
Normative
joined voluntarily to provide with material reward
Utilitarian
forced to join as a form of punishment (prison) and treatment (psychiatric hospitals)
Coercive
- Showed one of clearest links between individuals and individuals
- One that individuals attach subjective meanings to
- Action that are meaningful
Social Action
who define social action?
max weber
actor’s habitual and customary ways of behaving
Traditional Action
emotional state of actor
Affectual Action
conscious belief in value of some ethical, aesthetic, religious or other behavior
Value Rationality
goal orientation
Means-ends Rationality
- Hereditary authority
- monarchy
Traditional Authority