Corruption

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Pertains to the misuse of public office for private gain.

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Corruption

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Refers to the questionable acquisition of wealth by a person in office.

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Graft

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the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.
• this erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social division and the environmental crisis.

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Corruption

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Personalistic character of our politics. Political relationships as systems of exchange.

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Patron-Client Political Culture

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A single corrupt individual may be able to benefit unfairly from conservation-derived revenue, but if several individuals help themselves to proceeds or extort bribes, then the entire initiative may lose credibility and collapse

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Corruption in conservation

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is a system for government, codified as a written document, which contains fundamental laws and principles. It usually contains fundamental political principles and establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of a government.

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Constitution

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Nature and purpose of constitution

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1. It serves as the supreme or fundamental law.
2. It establishes basic framework and underlying principles of government.

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A kind of constitution that created through a Constitutional Convention

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Conventional or enacted

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A kind of constitution that developed as a part of the history of a particular nation

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Cumulative or evolved

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A kind of constitution where the provisions as all contained in a single
document

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Written

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provisions are not contained in
a single document, considered as part of the land’s fundamental law

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Unwritten/uncompiled

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Is the agency/instrumentality of a state through which the will of the people is formulated, expressed and carried out.
Three Branches the Government:
1. Executive – implement/administer the laws.
2. Legislative – enact, amend, repeal or revise the laws.
3. Judicial – interpret/construe the meaning or substance of the law

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Government

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Is the supreme power of the state to exact obedience to its laws upon its citizens

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Sovereignty

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Four elements of state

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People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty

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Kinds of government where all powers are centralized in the national government and devolved into the local government units.

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Unitary

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Kind of govn. Where there is a division of powers and functions between the federal government and local government units.

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Federal

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Kind of government, based on separation of powers. The powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government are separated from one another; however they are coordinated and co-equal.

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Presidential

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Kind if government, where – the executive and legislative powers are fused or merged into one through the creation of a Parliament.

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Parliamentary

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the government has a rightful title but no actual power or control
over the people to execute its functions

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De Jure

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the government is exercising actual power or control over the people but without a rightful title to execute such functions.

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De Facto

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is a fundamental right of a state to enact laws or regulations to promote the general welfare of the people in relation to the right of and enjoyment of persons to life and propert

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Police Power

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Is the power of the State to levy or impose charges upon persons,
property or institutions, as may be defined by law in order to defray the expenses of the government and to enable it to fully discharge its
functions.

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Taxation

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• is the power of the state to acquire, confiscate, or take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation.
• can be exercised by private authorities.

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Eminent Domain

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one man rule. The power is usually vested in the King or
Queen of a Royal Family.

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Monarchy

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the power is vested in few individuals or in a dominant class/group in the society.

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Oligarchy

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rule by the mob or the power is vested in the people.

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Democracy

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the people directly run the government.

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Direct democracy

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– the people choose their representatives to govern them in public affairs

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Indirect Democracy/Republican

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refers to the inhabitants of a state bound by law, living together for the purpose of mobilizing a polity.
• it includes citizens, inhabitants and the electorate.

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People

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Is the geographical profile of a state that includes terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains.

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Territory

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Is the agency/instrumentality of a state through which the will of the people is formulated, expressed and carried out.

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Government

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Branch of government that interpret/construe the meaning or substance of the laws.

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Judiciary

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Branch of government that implement/administer the laws.

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Executive

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The power of the state to control and govern its people within its territory.

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Internal Sovereignty

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the freedom of the state from external control or intervention.

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External Sovereignty

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It usually contains fundamental political principles and establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of a government.

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Constitution