the functions of political institution

2. Topic: Political Institution
Abroo Zainab
2015-ag-7304

3. Political Institution
 Definition : Political institutions are organizations
which create, enforce, and apply laws; that
mediate conflict; make (governmental) policy on
the economy and social systems; and otherwise
provide representation for the populous

4. A set of norms relating to
distribution of power and authority
concerning the management and
control of society to bring order in
life

5. Examples
 Examples of such political institutions
include political parties, trade unions, and
the (legal) courts.

6. Structure of political institution
 Following is the structure provided by political
institution
 Formal and informal
 Political institution may be formal as well as informal
 At once both can be function

7. a).Informal
 mostly found in primitive socities,rural areas
 no fixed and written rules,powers and authorities
 bradari system,jirga system
 popularity and effectiveness of decisions

8. b).Formal
 power and authorities are fixed
 supreme power distribute some powers to
administration at lower level
 more human activities.

9. Main branches of government
 1.legeslation.(makes laws for state)
 2.judiciary(it defines law)
 3.executive(implementation of law)

10. What is System ?
a set of things working together as
parts of a mechanism or an
interconnecting network; a complex
whole.
"the state railway system"

11. Political System
A political system is a system of
politics and government. It is
usually compared to the
legal system, economic system,
cultural system, and other
social systems.
It’s is present in different forms i-e
democracy,socialism,dictatorship,
communism etc

12. Characteristics of Political
Institutions
 Bureaucracy
 Social order
 Political party
 Public poll
 Political power
 Welfare of the people

13. Political Organization
Any entity involved in political process such
as Political parties.
Including bill of rights, constitution and
Roles

14. Types of Political Parties
1: Single party system
e.g: North Korea, Cuba and china
2: Two party system
e.g: United states and Nepal
3: Democratic multi-party system
e.g: Pakistan, India, south Africa, France and Germany

15. Including
 bill of rights
Constitution
Roles

16. 1: Bill of rights
 Fundamental human rights and individual
liberties in different social situation.

17. 2: Constitution
• Fundamental written documents
which form a set of principles by
which an organization is governed
• Relates to the rights of people

18. 3: Roles
The acts each person must play to create
collectivity.
Roles can be Ascribed
status and Achieved status
concept developed by the anthropologist Ralph Linton denoting a social
position.
Ascribed status; Sex, Age, tradition caste and race etc. on other hand,
Achieved status; Sport athlete, being a manager and being a college etc.

19. Parliamentary Form
 In which the real authority rests with the PRIME
MINISTER
 For example Pakistan and India Etc

20. Functions of political institutions
 To regulate relationship
The customs and traditions are limited to a certain
extent and cannot interpret the formal situations and
events.
 Welfare Works
The state is to provide facilities of
education,health,transportation and communication

21. Functions of political institutions
 Protection against dangers:
In case of foreign/internal aggression the state is to provide
safety to the individuals
 Social Control
To bring control over the individuals through laws is to
punish the violators by the state

22. Functions of Political Institutions
 Provision of recreation
In most cases Govt organizes recreational activities for
isntance govt arranges art council and major games like
football .
 Decision of conflicts
Courts ,jails, and other means are provided by the state to
decide the conflicting situations.so this is the responsibility
of political institution to make law and these laws are to
decide the conflicts

23. Functions of Political Institutions
 Collects revenue
Govt Collects the revenue through taxation to run its
administrative machinery efficiently.rest of the money
is spent on public welfare
 Control over the resources
Political institution directly or indirectly controls all
the resources of the state

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