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    This document discusses political structure and leadership. It defines politics, power, and authority. Politics refers to activities through which people make and amend rules for society. Power is the ability to achieve desired outcomes despite resistance. Authority is power perceived as legitimate rather than coercive. Political systems have evolved from bands to tribes to chiefdoms and modern states. Legitimacy can come from tradition, charisma, or legal rational authority. The branches of state power are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The executive branch includes the president and bureaucracy. The legislative branch makes and changes laws. The judicial branch settles legal controversies.

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    Lesson 8

    Political
    Structure and
    Leadership
    U N D E R S T A N D I N G C U L T U R E , S O C I E T Y, A N D P O L I T I C S
    Aristotle
    POLITICS is not even a choice that those
    who can get into politics is part and parcel
    of social life. It shapes the way people live
    and are.

    "Human beings are animals whose nature is


    for them to live in a polis or city - state."

    POLITICS
    POLITIC S
    - refers to activities through which
    people make, preserve, and amend
    the general rules under which they
    live.

    - conflicts resolution and


    cooperation, exercise of the power.

    POLITICS, POWER, AND AUTHORITY


    Political Structure or
    Institution
    • the organized way in which power is
    distributed and decisions are made within
    society.

    • Max Weber considers power as the likelihood


    of achieving desired ends in spite of
    resistance from others.

    POLITICAL STRUCTURE
    POWER
    • is the fundamental in the normal
    functioning of society as expressed in
    terms of force – may it be physical or
    psychological In nature.

    • refers to the ability to do something in


    order to achieve desired outcome.
    AUTHORITY
    • defined as the power widely perceived as legitimate rather than coercive.

    • The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

    • On the other hand is a by-product of power or social relations are organized


    in a given social setting.
    C ENTRALIZED POLITICAL SYSTEMS

    01 Band (band level societies)


    • formed by several families living
    together based on marriage, ties,
    common descendants.

    02 Tribes
    • a formal organization made up of several
    bands and groups that were connected
    through clan structure or kinship.
    • Headman was a more formal and
    established leader.
    C ENTRALIZED POLITICAL SYSTEMS

    03 Chiefdom
    • consisted of tribes united under one
    leader or chief.
    • Power and authority are bestowed to the
    chief because he is the highest ranking
    individual.

    04 State
    • the last formation of governance after
    the chiefdom.
    • a political unit consisting of a
    government that has sovereignty
    presiding over a group of people and a
    well-defined territory.
    LEGITIMACY
    • legitimare, "to declare lawful"
    "rightfulness"
    • confers an order or command an
    authoritative or binding character
    • Political philosophers treat legitimacy
    as a moral or rational principle
    THR EE TYPES OF AUTHOR ITY
    accdg. to Max Weber

    Charismatic Authority Legal- Rational Authority


    Traditional Authority
    Traditional Authority
    • TL is the kind of moral authority that
    keeps society together by virtue of
    custom and habit.

    • emphasizes the authority of tradition by


    virtue of its historical practice by a
    particular group.

    • this form of rule is understood as


    historically accepted by its
    practitioners.
    Charismatic
    Authority
    • presumed special and
    extraordinary characteristics or
    qualities possessed by a certain
    individual.
    • popularity, persuasive, and
    inspire loyalty and obedience
    from people.
    • "born leaders" "heroes"
    Legal- Rational
    Authority

    • modern societies
    • Power and authority in a legal-rational
    context are legitimized by a clearly defined
    set of written rules and laws.
    • Presidents, Prime Ministers.---
    BR ANCHES AND FUNCTIONS OF STATE POWER

    Legislative Branch

    Executive Branch Judicial Branch


    EXECUTIVE BR ANCH

    • Composed of the President and the


    Vice President who are elected by
    direct popular vote and serve a term
    of six years.

    • These departments form a large


    portion of the country's bureaucracy.
    LEGI SLATIVE BRANC H
    Authorized to make laws,alter,and repeal them through the power vested in the
    Philippine Congress. Divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives
    J UDICIAL B RANCH
    • Holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally
    demandable and enforceable.
    • Determines if there is a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of
    jurisdiction on the part and instrumentality of the government.
    REMINDERS

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