Politics Flashcards by Ivy Rebato

It includes the decision-making process in any group that makes and enforces rules for its members.
The science of government

POLITICS

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what is the two views in politics?

MINORITY & MAJORITY

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What is the tasks of political scientists?

to consider how people resolve these disagreements

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How can we study politics?

-It can be studied through political science because it embraces an array of theoretical perspectives and a variety of analytic frameworks. (E.g., Marxism, Feminism, etc.)
-Studying politics entails using different approaches or perspectives.

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-In the Philippines, Politics can be studied through the ___ by political leaders, the effectiveness of government institutions, official action, appointments to a position, crafting of economic policies, lawmaking, processing of applications for government permits and licenses, etc.

Exercise of power

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Is it possible to study politics objectively and without bias?

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Politics & History __
Politics & Economics __
Politics & Sociology __
Politics & Anthropology __
Politics & Psychology __
Politics & Geography __
Politics & Law __

Politics & History (Tracing the past – Political History)
Politics & Economics (Economic Policy Making)
Politics & Sociology (Social Institutions)
Politics & Anthropology (Political Leadership)
Politics & Psychology (Behavior and Actions)
Politics & Geography (Geopolitics – Location, Territory, and Resources)
Politics & Law (Exercise of Political Authority)

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-It refers to the governing body which is the instrument of the state through which the will of the people is expressed, carried out, and formulated.

Government

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It pertains to the administrative action of the sovereign authority – the exercise of authoritative direction or control over a particular political unit or organization, including the implementation of policies and the monitoring of its jurisdiction.

Governance

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It is commonly defined as the exercise of the power of authority by political leaders for the well-being of their country’s citizens or subjects.

Governance

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-This term includes the persons and organizations that make, enforce, and apply political decisions for a society

Government

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To govern should now mean ____, not to dominate or command

To facilitate & regulate

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Why study politics?

-It helps you to know your rights
-It clarifies what you believe
-It helps you to understand the affairs of our nation
-prepares you for adult life.

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Why should you care about politics?

(1) You should always know what is going on around you.
(2) You should have a say in what will happen.
(3) The decisions people make will affect many lives.

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____ is defined as the study of the state and government.

Political Science

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It comes from the Greek word ___, which means ___, and ___, which means_____

Polis - City-state, ciencia - Knowledge/study

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Stages in the study of political science:

the government, its leaders, and laws was considered as divine or divinely inspired.

Religious Stage

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Stages in the study of political science:

the state was considered a human institution, and it is, therefore, absolute (cannot be changed).

Metaphysical Stage

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Stages in the study of political science:

Stage- the state was deemed capable of being improved by rulers and subjects according to certain principles and laws.

Modern Stage

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Stages in the study of political science:

Stage- the state was deemed capable of being improved by rulers and subjects according to certain principles and laws.

Modern Stage

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Wrote “Politics”, the first systematic work on political affairs.

Father of Political Science

Aristotle

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Wrote “The Prince”, a handbook for rulers in the art of government.

Father of Modern Political Science

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Wrote “Manual of Political Ethics”; the first systematic treatise in political science.

Prof. Francis Lieber

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A group of persons, more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control, and possessing a government to which a great body of inhabitants renders habitual obedience.

State

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State is a____, while Nation is an ___

Legal concept, ethnic/racial concept

to be born indicates a relation of birth or origin and implies a common race

Nasci-

true or false: a nation may comprise several states

True

true or false: It is also possible for a single state to be made up of more than one nation, e.g. the US which was the “melting pot” of many nations that we eventually combined into the “American nation”

True

Give the elements of the state

People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty

As a requisite for statehood, there should be an adequate number for self-sufficiency and defense; of both sexes for perpetuity.

People

Different meaning of people used in the 1987 constitution

Inhabitants, electors, citizens

Legal or juristic can be changed or taken back

Citizenship

Ethnic or racial Absolute, innate

Nationality

“ A people bound together by common attractions and repulsion into a living organism possessed of a common pulse, a common intelligence, and inspiration, and destined apparently to have a common history and a common fate.” (Malcolm)

CItizenship

Sec. 1 Art. I: The ______ comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters _______, ______, _____ the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

National Territory; Around, Between, Connecting

Give the components of Philippine Territory

Terrestrial Fluvial Aerial Domains Marine

Aerospace

Aerial Domains

Land

Terrestrial

External waters both surface and sub-aquatic

Marine

Internal Waters

Fluvial

The agency or instrumentality through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and realized.

Government

Our Constitution, however, requires our government to be _____ and _______

Democratic and Republican

Section_ Art __. The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. ____ resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.

Sec. 1 Art. II; Sovereignty

it is one wherein all government authority emanates from the people and is exercised by representatives chosen by the people.

Republican

emphasizes that the Philippines has some aspects of direct democracy such as initiative and referendum.

Democratic

The supreme and uncontrollable power innate in a State by which that State is governed.

Sovereignty

Freedom of the State to manage its own affairs

Internal Sovereignty

Freedom of the State to direct its foreign affairs,

External Sovereignty

It is defined as the power of a state to manage its external affairs without direction or interference from another state.

Independence

What are the duties of the State

Peace and order, Political Harmony (Good laws), Social Justice, Economic Development

The state is of divine origin, all political authority emanates from God.

Divine Theory

This theory states that men agreed among themselves to live under one civil society or body politics. A person surrendered his natural liberty but gained in return the protection and civil rights guaranteed by the government.

Social Contract Theory

The state has arisen through sheer force; a tribe conquering other tribes to form a kingdom

Force Theory

This theory says that the head of the household was the government.

Evolutionary Theory

What is the Doctrine of ABC

Around, Between, and Connecting

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

Constitution

1987 Constitution is also known as

Freedom Constitution

Nature and Purpose of Constitution

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

* Body of law deprived from Country’s written constitution. It lays down and guides the duties and powers of the government and the duties and rights of its citizens and residents.

Constitutional Law

1. As to their origin and history

o Conventional or Enacted o Cumulative or Evolved

2. As to their form

o Written o Unwritten

3. As to manner of amending them

o Rigid or Inelastic o Flexible or Elastic

The constitution is divided into ___ parts, excluding the Preamble, which are called ___)

18 Parts, Articles

One of the frameworkers and an idie film director.

Lino Brocal

Head the drafting of the Philippine Constitution and the head of the frameworkers

Cecilia Munoz Palma

Politics Flashcards

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