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• What do you know about Politics?
• Why are you interested?/disinterested/uninterested?
• Do you think without caring, you are not involved?
What is Political Science?
• Etymology
“Polis” - city; sovereign state“scire”- to know; study
• As a Science- object: understanding of the state, its principles and ideals
• Body Politic- involvement of people into the political community
• Relations – of men and groups, mean and groups to the state, and state to other states
What is its scope?
• Political Theory- entire body of doctrines relating to origin, form, behavior, and purposes of a state
• Public Law- covers constitutional law, administrative law, and international law
• Public Administration- methods and techniques used in actual management of state affairs by the 3 branches of government
Functions and Importance…
• Discover principles for public affairs; study the operations of government
( for criticisms )
• Findings and conclusions for practical use
• Study deals with the concerns of public officials and citizens
Goals in the Study of Political Science
• Education for citizenship
• Essential parts of liberal education
• Knowledge and understanding of government
Concepts of State and Government
What is a State?
• People
• Territory
• Government
• Sovereignty- internal and external
Origin of States• Divine right theory – state is a divine creation and the
ruler is ordained by God to govern the people
• Necessity or force theory- state must have been created through force, by some warriors who imposed their will upon the weak
• Paternalistic theory- state originated from the enlargement of the family….
• Social contract theory- state must have been formed by deliberate and voluntary compact among the people to form a society and organize government for their common good
State vs. Nation
• State is a political concept, Nation is an ethnic concept
• State is free from external control, a Nation may not
• A single State may consist of one or more Nations, and vice-versa
State vs. Government
• State is the Principal, Gov. an agent
• Government may change; state remains
• State cannot exist without a government but government can exist without a state
Do we need a Government?
• Advancement of Public
Forms of Government
• As to Number of persons exercising sovereign powers:
1. Monarchy- absolute and limited
2. Aristocracy
3. Democracy- direct and indirect
• As to extent of powers exercised by central government:
1. Unitary
2. Federal
• As to the relationship of executive and legislative:
1. Parliamentary
2. Presidential
What therefore is the form of government of the Philippines?
If you could change the form of government of the Philippines,
would you?
We temporarily stop here!