UCSP-Q2
UCSP-Q2
ELEMENTS OF A STATE
STATE AND NON-STATE
- Set of formal rules, informal norms, or PEOPLE AND POPULATION
agreed upon understanding that constraint, - Reproduction is indispensable
and prescribes political actors, behaviors and - Human political institution
interaction with one another. - No population means no states
- To keep society in order and implement
specific tasks TERRITORY
- Fixed and bounded portion of the earth’s
surface
STATE - Natural resources are found
- Community of persons occupying a definite - Responsibility to conserve and protect these
portion of the earth’s surface, having its own resources
government - Defend their state from invaders
GOVERNMENT
STATE INSTITUTIONS - Laws to be implemented in
- To be followed and respected by the
POLITICAL AND LEADERSHIP authority and people
STRUCTURES - State won’t exist without government
- Max weber (cited by santarita and madrid - Sovereignty is only used on behalf of the
2016)- political structures or institutions is state
defined as the organized way in which BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENMT
power is allocated and decisions are made - Legislative (Law making function)
within society - Executive (Law application functions
- Judiciary (Adjudication function)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
- Composed of President and Vice president SOVEREIGNTY
who are chosen by direct popular vote and - Supreme power of the state to rule itself
fulfill a term for 6 years without interference from other state.
- Constitution grants the president authority to - People enjoy freedom
appoint cabinet DIMENSIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY
- Internal- the power of the state to order and
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH regulate the activities of all the people,
- Make laws, alter and reverse them through groups and institutions at work on its
the power bestowed in the Philippine territory. Act in accordance with the law of
congress the state
- Divided into the Senate and the house of - External- Complete independence from the
representatives state from ecternal control. It also means the
full freedom of the state to participate in
JUDICIARY thew activities of the community nations
- Maintain to resolve disputes concerning
rights demandable and enforceable
- Decides whther there has been serious abuse
of judgement amounting to lack or excess of FUNCTIONS OF A STATE
authority - Maintain law, order and stability, resolves
- Made up of a supreme court and lower dispute through the legal system
courts - Common defense
- Welfare of the population in ways that are
beyond the means of the measures.
- Mass education and expensive medical II. COOPERATIVES AND TRADE
research UNIONS
- Operate in the interest of various dominant - Cooperative- is a firm owned, controlled,
groups, such as economic classes and racial and operated by a group of users for their
and ethnic group. own benefits.
- Autonomous association of persons united
ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS voluntary to meet their common economic,
- Gilliard et al. (2000) argues that economic social, and cultural needs.
institution is being defined as an enduring - Jointly-owned and democratically-controlled
organization and practices created hby enterprises
individuals to cope with basic economic
dilemmas - Trade union- organization made up of
member-based organization and its
membership most be made up mainly of
NON-STATE INSTITUTION workers,
- Not owned and controlled by the
government
RELEVANCE OF TRADE UNION TO
EMPLOYEES
FORMS OF NON-STATE INSTITUTIONS - Issue that should be raise:
I. Banks and conrporations Low salary
- Financial institutions that deals with Lack of compensation
deposits and advances and other related Security of tenure
services Other benefits
- Receives money from people who saves in
form of deposits and lends money to people III. TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY
- Bangko sentral ng pilipinas- top 3 banks are; GROUPS
BDO unibank inc., Metropolitan bank - Influence the government to take action on
and TCO., and Land bank of the matters commonly neglected.
Philippines
I. PRODUCTIVE CITIZENRY
Enables citizens to be productive
members of the society, as they INDICATORS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
equipped with knowledge and skills
that could contribute to the - Treated differently due to social status
development of their society’s - Societies favor those with power, prestige3,
system. status, wealth and class.
II. SELF-ACTUALIZATION - One may be viewed as belonging to the
Education develop one’s sense of upper social strata or lower social strata
self. As a huge part of the discovery depending on Soruce of income, Occupation
process of oneself, education and education. They can also be viewed in
encourages having the vision to types of house dwellings, location of
become self-actualized. residence and kinship or family.
a. Physiological needs
b. Safety needs
c. Love and belongingness
TYPES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION - Refers to the movements upward or
downward among the social positions in any
I. Open system given socialstratification
- Encourages people to strive and achieve II. Geographical mobility
something - Also known as physical mobility
- Allow movement and interaction between - May be a voluntary movement of people
layers and classes. from one place to another
- Can move up or down the class thorugh III. Role mobility
opportunities. - Is the individuals shifting from role to role.
- Hase 3 classes: upper, middle and lower
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
II. Closed system
- Accommodate little changes in social - State of social affairs in which there is a
position. difference in opportunity, status and
- They do not allow people to shift levels and treatment.
do not permit social relationship between - Lee and rawls – It is more than just a case of
levels. geographic difference. (2010)
a. Caste system- regarded as closed
stratification in which people can do SOCIAL INCLUSION
little or nothing to change their social
standing. - The process of improving the terms for
b. Estate system- it is somewhat a individuals and groups to take part in
closed system in which the person’s society.
social standing is based on - The process of improving tha ability,
ownership of land, birth, and military opportunity and dignity of people,
strength disadvantaged based on their identity, tot
ake part in society”