UCSP (Finals) (W) Allied Powers

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL  Great Britain

STRATIFICATION  France
ALLIANCE  Russia

HOW AN ALLIANCE SYSTEM (L) Central Powers

EMERGES  Germany
 Alliance exists when an agreement is  Ottoman
drawn between individuals or groups  Austria-Hungary
of persons WORLD WAR II (Ended 1945)
 Politically, alliance system came into
being when two or more nations (W) Allied Powers
entered into a formal agreement to  Great Britain
cooperate for a specific purpose.
 France
Otto Von Bismarck  Russia (Sovet Union)
 U.S.
- Started concept of alliance
- Empire Chancellor of Germany (L) Axis Powers
- Under King Wilhelm I
 Germany
Czar Alexander I, King Joseph  Japan
- League of 3 emperors  Italy

Dual Alliance- Germany & Austria Cold War Alliances

Triple Entente USSR VS US

Russia – France – Great Britain communism

democracy
Alliance
Russia
Italy – Austria – Germany
History - superpower

Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria- - battle of ideology

Hungary Alliances:
- Killed by Gavrilo Princip  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org -
- Declared a war 1949)
WORLD WAR I (Nov. 11, 1918 – Treaty of  Warsaw Pact (1955)
Versailles – League of Nations)
Today’s World Organization:
 European Union
 Organization of Islamic Cooperation
 Organization of American States
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations
 International Monetary Fund
 World Trade Organization
 United Nations
Pathways to Political Dominance
Three Component Theory of
Stratification
According to Max Weber, a person’s status
or position within a stratified social system
is determined by their relative power,
prestige, wealth.
Systems of Social Mobility
Social Stratifications- it refers to the
arrangement of groups of people along a
continuum of differing categories that
indicate differences in unequal life rewards
and life chances.
Systems of Social Stratifications
 Slavery- worst, alipin
 Caste System- inherited; kapag
pinanganak kang mahirap, habangbuay
kang mahirap.
 Class System- not by birth, by hardwork
and achieved status
 Estate System- fudal system
Perspectives of Social Stratification

 Power- it refers to the capacity to  Marxian Theory of Stratification

influence or control the behaviour of
- whoever owns/controls the means of
person’s and institutions, whether by
production, sila yung may control sa lipunan
persuasion or by coercion.
 Max Weber View of Stratification
- you have the ability to impose your will to
others - we have diff. characteristics/basis ng
positioning sa lipunan
 Prestige- it refers to the high regard
extended by people to those who they - hindi batayan ang yaman para masabi na
consider to have accomplished vital ikaw ang pinakamataas sa lipunan
things in life.
Is Social Stratification Universal?
- status
 Stratification is inevitable
 Wealth- it encompasses all a person’s
 Every society will be stratified by power
material assets, including income, land
and other types of property.  Conflict, not function, is the basis of
social stratification
- yaman
Social Mobility- it refers to one’s ability to - Cultural change
move from one place to another along the
- Political change
stratified positions of society.
Factors that affects changes:
- is contingent upon whether the society has
an open or closed system 1. Geography and Population
Open- you have the ability to enhance your 2. Science and Technology
status in life
o Modernization
Types of Social Mobility
o Urbanization
 Vertical Mobility- yung status, tataas pa
o Globalization
 Horizontal Mobility- hindi nagbabago
yung status 3. Ideology

 Intergenerational Mobility- 4. Youth Participation

 Intragenerational Mobility- Sources:

 Absolute Mobility- ex. from being a 1. Innovation

town, to a city 2. Discovery
 Relative Mobility- ex. umunlad yung 3. Invention
pilipinas, kaso may certain point lang na
umunlad 4. Diffusion

Factors Affecting Social Mobility 5. Acculturation

 Motivation - In term of these sources, we are now

experiencing cultural loss
 Achievements and Failures
- And with experiencing cultural loss,
 Legislation
we now have cultural lag
 Modernization
- And with experiencing cultural lag,
 Education we now experience cultural shock
 Migration New challenges:
 Skills and trainings 1. Global warming and climate
change
Cultural, Social, and Political Change and
Responses to Change 2. Terrorism
“CHANGES” o Ethnic

- Social change o Religions

 o Ideological

3. Armed conflict
o Territorial

o Ethnic

4. Social inequality (human rights)

5. Poverty
6. Corruption
7. Migration (transnational)

- We need to respond to these changes

knowing that change is inevitable
Response:
1. Teach them to be responsible
citizens through inclusive
citizenship (Accept the
challenge)
2. Participatory governance (Teach
the youth to adapt, to be flexible,
and to be aware)