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A system of limitations NA
on each branch of
Checks and government in
Balances supplementation of the
separation of powers
outlined in a state’s
constitution

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Collective Power groups over another
group
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A system of government NA
Prepared: Cooperative in which powers and
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BA POS shared between states
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A form of NA
decentralization; the
transfer of some public
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governments may
perform, to private
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The transfer of power
and authority from the
Decentralization central institution to
lower/local levels of
government system
Deconcentration A form of
decentralization; the
transfer of power,
authority, and
responsibility or the
transfer of the
discretion to plan,
decide, and manage
from central to local
levels
A form of
decentralization; the
Devolution transfer of power and
authority from the
national government to
local government units
(political and territorial)
Distributional Power held by
Power individuals to get others
to help them pursue
their own goals
NA The ability to control Max Weber
events via material
Economic Power advantage
NA Economics A discipline of social NA
science; the production,
distribution, and
consumption of
resources, goods, and
services among
individuals and groups
within a society
Executive Branch The branch of NA
government that carries
NA out laws and is
composed of the
president, vice
president, and the
cabinet
Federalism A principle of NA
government that
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between the central
government at the
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constituent units at the
regional, state, or local Fourth Republic of Established by the 1973 NA
levels the Philippines Constitution; granted
Marcos broad powers
Established by the 1987 NA
Fifth Republic of the Constitution under A discipline of social NA
Philippines President Aquino as a science; the distribution
promise to restore of the physical
democracy Geography environment and
features of the people
- Established by the NA who use the
1899 Constitution after environment
First Republic of the the Philippine
Philippines Revolution against the Ideological Power Power over ideas and NA
Spanish beliefs
- Known as the Malolos
A source of power; the NA
Republic
process of persuasion
A style of federalism in NA Influence and the ability to affect
which federal balance is the decisions/actions of
largely determined by others
Fiscal Federalism funding arrangements,
The branch of NA
especially transfer
government that
payments from the
Judicial Branch interprets the
centre to the periphery
Constitution and other
laws, and reviews lower
A source of power; the NA court decisions
Force actual or threatened
 Refers to knowledge as NA
Knowledge Power a means of keeping
tabs on and controlling
other people
Legislative Branch The branch of NA
government that makes
the law and is
composed of the two
chambers of Congress
—the Senate and the
House of
Representatives
Refers to self- NA
governing; the granting
of more power,
authority,
Local Autonomy responsibility, and
resources by the
national government to
local government units
to be self-reliant
The law that turned NA
local government units
in the Philippines into
Local Government self-reliant
Code of 1991 communities and active
partners in nation
building by giving them
more power, authority,
responsibility, and
resources
Military Power Refers to modern NA
military systems
Characterized by NA
New Federalism further devolution of
power from national to
state governments and
deregulation
Based on relationships Max Weber
Political Power to the legal structure,
partisanship, and the
extensive bureaucracy
A discipline of social NA
science; the
Political Science organizations people
have developed to
make rules and laws for
their society
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Uses essence of social NA Aristotle
and
existence
analysis to is politics
examine
Politics
Social Science human behavior;
The authoritative
involves statistics
allocation of values
and experiments David Easton

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discipline of social
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institutions, and
development of
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The means
these findings inapply
achieving NA
a limited
to society government;
Separation of dividing the
Powers government
Established byinto
the threeNA
independent
Third Republic of 1942 Constitution branches
the Philippines aswith different
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state
and responsibilities
during Japanese as
outlined
occupation in the
constitution