Political Structures

Question 1

refers to organized sets of principles such as
beliefs, rules, practices, and relationships that exist to attain
political order

Answer 1

political institution

Question 2

• basically a small and nomadic family

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band

Question 3

a formal organization composed of several bands

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tribe

Question 4

• consisted of tribes, more systematic and having
  knowledge of the fundamentals of governance

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chiefdom

Question 5

social and political institution that is having ethnic
concept (absence of sovereignty)

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nation

Question 6

– a community of persons, occupying a portion of
Earth, having a permanence of government, and practicing
sovereignty throughout its jurisdiction.

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state

Question 7

Power can be said to have three faces:

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• 1st - the ability to influence the making of decisions
  (Decision-making) Involved

2nd – the ability to shape the political agenda and thus

prevent decisions from being made (Agenda-setting) Non-
decision-making.

3rd- a form of controlling people’s thoughts by the manipulation
of their perception and preferences. Thought control , discourse
of power

Question 8

is a form of power; it is a means through
which one person can influence the behavior of
another.

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authority

Question 9

can be defined as the ability to influence the
behavior of another, authority can be understood as the
right to do so.

Answer 9

power

Question 10

always
existed, was accepted by
earlier generations, and
culture based and was
legitimized through culture,
traditions, and habits.

Answer 10

traditional

Question 11

This form
of authority is based entirely
upon the power of an
individual’s personality, his or
her ‘charisma’

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charismatic

Question 12

??? authority arises out of
respect for the ‘rule of law’, in that
power is always clearly and legally
defined, ensuring that those who
exercise power do so within a
framework of the law.

Answer 12

legal-rational

Question 13

is usually defined simply as

‘rightfulness’

Answer 13

legitimacy

Question 14

is the quality that transforms naked power
into rightful authority (synonymously).

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legitimacy

Question 15

are thus sets of rules which allocate duties, powers and
functions to the various institutions of government and define the
relationship between individuals and the state (define and limit power).

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constitutions

Question 16

explains how news and political coverage are distorted by the
structures of the media itself.

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Manufacturing Consent
(1994), Chomsky developed a

‘propaganda model’

Question 17

which challenge the stability of such

regimes by undermining legitimacy.

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‘crisis tendencies’

Question 18

argued that within liberal democracies there
are

‘crisis tendencies’ which challenge the stability of such

regimes by undermining legitimacy.

Answer 18

Jurgen Habermas