The document discusses the key components that make up a country including its population, territory, government, and sovereignty. It defines a state as a political community that exercises authority over a clearly defined territory through institutions like the government. A state must have a population, territory with defined borders, a central government, sovereignty, international recognition, and a monopoly on the use of force. The document then examines characteristics of effective, weak, and failed states and discusses how globalization has influenced nation-states by increasing economic, cultural, and political integration globally.
5. Is a political community that has
sovereign jurisdiction over a clearly
defined territory, and exercise authority
through several institutions, including
the government.
6. 1. Border
2. Population
3. Central government
4. Sovereign
5. Recognized
6. Monopoly on the use of forces
13. Types of State Characteristics
Effective • The state controls and taxes the entire territory.
• Laws are mostly obeyed.
• The states provides general welfare and security.
• There exist only minor corruption.
Weak • Crime has penetrated politics
• Government is weak in fighting lawlessness, corruption and
poverty.
• Justice is bought and elections are open rigged.
• Governmental revenues go to private pockets.
Failed • No national government exist.
• The states is ruled by warlords, private army, and militias.
• “gun” is the law
• Education and health standard decline.
14.
15. Nation
is a group of people bound
together by commonalities in
language, history, traditions and
religion.
16. The integration of the state and nation
forms the nation-sate.
As an entity, its strength relies on the
fusion of both cultural and political
aspects.
19. Globalization is considered to be the
most important threat to the nation-
state.
What was this phenomenon?
What impact does it have to people and
nation-states?
21. Transformations in production of
goods and flow of financial capital
can be result of the further
integration of economies in the world
economy.
22. 1. Declining relevance of geographical distance.
2. Lessening significance of territorial
boundaries.
3. Deepening and broadening of political
processes, such that local, national, and
global events constantly interact.
29. Roskin (2012) held that a state is a powerful
entity strong enough to enforce its will.
Political institutions, the working structures
government, are important in the proper
functioning of a state.
30. Governments may be classified in several
ways. One of the earliest classifications
was made by Aristotle.
32. Who governs?
How many?
Positive Forms Meaning
King/Queen
One
Monarchy A system of
government in
which one
person reigns,
usually a king
or queen.
33. Who governs?
How many?
Negative Forms Meaning
Ruled by a tyrant
or absolute
One
Tyranny an autocratic
of rule in which
one individual
exercised power
without any legal
restraint.
34. Who governs?
How many?
Positive Forms Meaning
Aristocrats
Few
Aristocracy is a form of
government ruled
by the best
members of the
community
35. Who governs?
How many?
Negative Forms Meaning
Oligarch
Few
Oligarchy is a form of
government that the
ruling function governs
solely in its own
interest, and
disregarding those of
the poor.
36. Who governs?
How many?
Positive Forms Meaning
President
Many
Polity An organized
society, such as
nation, having a
specific form of
government.
You have learned in module 1 that political science is the study of politics(sate and government), in this module you will further learn about state and will be acquainted with the basic differences among state, government and nation. The relationship between the state and globalization will also addressed in this part.
Territory
People
Leaders
Filipinos
Land
Sea
Sovereign jurisdiction- may kapangyarihan sa nasasakupan.
State is the highest form of human association. It is necessary because it comes into existence out of the basic needs of life. It continues to remain for the sake of good life. State is a community of people live in a definite form of territory free of external control and possessing an organized government.
4. All state in principle, are free from interference from the outside in their domestic affairs.
6. Inside the territory the central government has control over legitimate use of force, government for example have a police force, government is responsible for maintaining order and security inside the state.
It is the people who make the state. Population is essential for the state. Greek thinkers were of the view that the population should neither be too big nor too small. According to plato the ideal number would be 5040, according to Aristotle should be neither too large or too small. It should be large enough to self sufficing and small enough to be well governed. (jan 2018- 105.7 million)
There can be no state without a fixed territory, people need territory to live and organize themselves socially and politically.
Government is the third element of the state. There can be no state without government. Government is the working agency of the state.
The fourth essential element of state is Sovereignty, the word sovereignty means supreme and final legal authority above and beyond.
Ability of the state to exercise authority over people and territory.
Means that the state is supreme over all its citizens and association.
means that state is independent and free from foreign or outside control.
There are several classifications of states depending on the perspective one confrms to.
The world's "most vulnerable" nation, according to the annual Failed States Index, is Somalia, followed by Chad, Sudan, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The next African countries on the list, where conditions are a little better than in Afghanistan and Iraq, are the Central African Republic and Guinea.
This political organization is widely recognized today.
Allowing for cultural cohesion and at the same time political unity. However nation-state have been met challenges, including the growth of ethic politics and lobalization.
That events and decisions is one part of the world have significant effects on the lives of people in the other part of the world.
For example, changes in domestic politics and economy of the Philippines can actually be caused by events happening in different countries.
To illustrate this the ASEAN integration may have caused the development in the Phil. Educational System, ex. K-12 so that the movement of students within the member of countries are free-flowing too.
Globalization can be resulted in growing interdependence among actors, activities, and processes all over the world.
Macdonaldization is the term used by George ritzer in his book the Mcdonaldization of Society, macdonaldization as the process by which principles of fastfood restaurant have come to dominate virtually every aspects of society.
This then leads to standardization of processes.
World wildlife fund.
As what you have learned in module 1. the government serve as a mechanism of the state, through which the will of the people is expressed, formulated and carried out.
He distinguished governments based on who governs and whether or not such government is positive and negative.
Countries where monarchs still maintain absolute power are: Brunei, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vatican City and the individual emirates composing the United Arab Emirates, -Today constitutional monarchies are mostly associated with Western European countries such as the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. However, the two most populous constitutional monarchies in the world are in Asia: Japan and Thailand
Example: Belarus,Cuba, Iran, Burma, North Korea and Zimbabwe.
Example: uks
Example: north korea venezuela
Polity refers to a political group or any size or shape- it can be a government, a state, a country or even a social group. Any group run by a politics can be called polity, eample, local government.