UCSP1 Flashcards
An authority that is hereditary or based on the bloodline
Traditional Authority
An authority that is based on the personal qualities of a person
Charismatic Authority
An authority that is part of a constitution
Rational/Legal Authority
Was assassinated that caused WW1
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
The treaty that ended WW1
Treaty of Versailles
The two powers in WW2
Axis and Allied Power
The treaty that ended WW2
Treaty of Potsdam
The father leads the family
Patriarchal
The mother leads the family
Matriarchal
When both the parents lead the family
Equalitarian
A social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government, and politics
Political Science
He defined political science as the study of the state
Aristotle
The capacity of an individual to influence others
Power
A theory that suggest that political power is dispersed among various veto groups
Pluralist Theory
According to this theory, no group has more influence than the other
Pluralist Theory
Theories that argue that power in democratic societies is concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy people
Elite Theories
He claimed that every society is based on power
Max Weber
The ability to achieve desired end despite resistance from others
Power
The ability to carry out one’s will despite resistance from others
Power
According to him: politics is “who gets what, when and how” and political science is the study of “the sharing and shaping of power”
Harold Laswell
The elements of power can be categorized into two according to them.
Symbolic Interactionalist
Refer to the exercise of power in everyday life
Micro Politics
Refer to the exercise of power over a large group. (Government)
Macro Politics
He perceived power into 2 types: Legitimate power and Illegitimate power
Max Weber
The power that people accept as right like De Jure Government
Legitimate Power
The power that people do not accept like De Facto Government and Foreign Government
Illegitimate Power
Power derived from knowledge or skill
Expert
Power derived from a sense of identification that others feel towards you
Referent
Power derived from the ability to reward others
Reward
Power derived from fear of punishment by others
Coercive
Power derived from a perceived inherent right to influence in a group
Legitimate
Power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive
Authority
Not adequately defined by physical groupings alone. It has psychological basis as well
Society
A form of power that is found in society within politics
Social Power
to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state or people with authority
Govern
The person to which the will of the state is formulated
Government
The act, process, or power of governing
Governance
is what the government do
Governance
illegitimate, but in practice, not recognized, w/o constitution, not ordained by law
De facto Goverment
Legitimate, existing but right, recognized, with constitution ordained by law
De Jure Government
a model for the governance of the state
Separation of Power
under this model, a state’s government is divided into branches
Separation of Power
makes the law
Legislative
carries out the law
Executive
evaluates the law
Judicial
a legal form of a written command in the name of the court to act or abstain from acting in some way
Writ
You may have the body. To release a person who has been detained unlawfully
Writ of Habeas Corpus
The protection. To be invoked when the right to life, liberty and security of a person is violated
Writ of Amparo
To be certified. To quash the order already passed by an inferior court
Writ of Certiorari
The act of stopping something. To prohibit an inferior court from proceeding in a particular case
Writ of Prohibition
We command. To secure the performance by public duties by lower court
Writ of Mandamus
What is your authority? To restrain a person from holding a public office which he/she is entitled
Writ of Quo Warranto
The penalty is 12 years and 1 day to 20 years
Reclusion Temporal
20-40 years, convict becomes eligible for pardon
Reclucion Perpetua
Special Penal Law, duration is indefinite
Life Imprisonment
formal and informal process of transmitting information
Education
has a goal of freeing the members of society from ignorance and false beliefs
Education
proposed that education can cure social ill
Horace Mann
He believed that education is the great equalizer
Horace Mann
The belief that education is the great equalizer
Meritocracy
He argues that education functions as a filter to perpetuate credentialism
Randall Collins
refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staffs
Credentialism
Argues that education is a tool for capitalism
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
teaching and rewarding behaviors
Pierre Bourdieu
is acquired in the family from which one belongs
Cultural capital
hones students to have the right styles and decorum
Academic market
provides basic knowledge and skills and contributes to new innovations
Education
can provide knowledge and retooling of existing skills to increase labor productivity
Educational Reforms
everyone has a right to education
Article 26 of the universal declaration of human rights
the tendency to answer in a way that they deem socially acceptable rather than the true answer
Social Desirable
the allocation of individual according to social hierarchies of differing power
Social Stratification
the capacity to influence others, the ability to exercise one’s will over others
Power
esteems, respect or approval for culturally valued acts or qualities
Prestige
properties owned by an individual as well as material assets and investments
Wealth
shift on an individual status from one statues to another
Social Mobility
when stratification is based on social classes
Open Society
when changes or shift in social position or social mobility is limited
Closed Society
according to this theory, a person’s status within a stratified society is determined by his relative power, prestige, wealth
Max Weber’s theory of Stratification
refers to the unequal access to social and symbolic capital of individuals in the society
Social Inequality
includes the concentration of resources in certain powerful countries
Global Inequality
creates unbalanced outcomes
Globalization
created in powerful economies because some countries are unable to enjoy the benefit of globalization
Wealth
the alteration in patters of culture
Social change
“no society can successfully prevent change not even those that try to do so”
Heraclitus
the reason why societies don’t change at the same rate
Technology
independent invention to creatively find solutions to problems
Innovation
a complete new idea
Primary Innovation
a contribution to an already existing idea
Secondary Innovation
the act of spreading culture, tradition, object and ideas to other societies
Diffusion
occurs through trade
Direct diffusion
occurs when a group comes in contact with another group indirectly
Indirect diffusion
a product of massive cultural change, the use of force
Acculturation
the extreme form of acculturation
Genocide or ethnocide
occurs when minority groups losses its distinctive culture traits and adopts those of dominant culture
Assimilation
are caused by social inequalities
Conflict
happens because of the attempt to settle through violence
Armed Conflict
