This document discusses political structures and the concept of authority. It defines political structure as the organized way power is allocated and decisions are made within a society. Authority is defined as a power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive. There are three main types of authority: traditional based on culture, rational-legal based on rules and regulations, and charismatic based on extraordinary personal skills. The document also provides an overview of the branches of the Philippine government and their roles.
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This document discusses political structures and the concept of authority. It defines political structure as the organized way power is allocated and decisions are made within a society. Authority is defined as a power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive. There are three main types of authority: traditional based on culture, rational-legal based on rules and regulations, and charismatic based on extraordinary personal skills. The document also provides an overview of the branches of the Philippine government and their roles.
This document discusses political structures and the concept of authority. It defines political structure as the organized way power is allocated and decisions are made within a society. Authority is defined as a power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive. There are three main types of authority: traditional based on culture, rational-legal based on rules and regulations, and charismatic based on extraordinary personal skills. The document also provides an overview of the branches of the Philippine government and their roles.
This document discusses political structures and the concept of authority. It defines political structure as the organized way power is allocated and decisions are made within a society. Authority is defined as a power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive. There are three main types of authority: traditional based on culture, rational-legal based on rules and regulations, and charismatic based on extraordinary personal skills. The document also provides an overview of the branches of the Philippine government and their roles.
LESSON 01 – NOVEMBER 13, 2023 Every government, therefore, tries to make itself seem
POLITICAL AND LEADERSHIP legitimate in the eyes of the people.
STRUCTURES C. AUTHORITY A. POLITICAL STRUCTURE OR INSTITUTION – (WEBER) Defined as a power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive, p.394 – (WEBER, 2016) Defined as the organized way in which power is allocated and decisions are made within TYPES OF AUTHORITY society, as cited by Santarita & Madrid. 1. TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY (culture) ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE PHILIPPINE – Respect for a long-standing cultural pattern is used to GOVERNMENT legitimize power. 1. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH (approve the law) 2. RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY (rules) – Comprised of the President and the Vice President – Known as bureaucratic authority; legally created rules who and regulations are used to legitimize power. are chosen by direct popular vote and fulfill a term of six years. The Constitution grants the President authority to 3. CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY (skill) appoint his Cabinet. These departments form a large – extraordinary personal skills that inspire devotion and portion of the country’s bureaucracy. obedience are used to legitimize power. 2. THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (formulate the law) – Can make laws, alter, and reverse them through the power bestowed in the Philippine Congress. This institution is divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives.
3. THE JUDICIAL BRANCH (execute the law)
– Maintains the power to resolve disputes concerning rights that are legally demandable and enforceable. This branch decides whether there has been a serious abuse of judgment amounting to lack or excess of authority on the part and instrumentality of the government. It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts. – The Constitution explicitly permits the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review as the power to declare a treaty, international or executive agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation unconstitutional.
B. POWER
– (MACIONIS, 2012) Defined as the capacity to realize
desired ends despite opposition from others. The utilization of power is the business of government, which is defined as a formal organization that directs the political life of a society. Therefore, governments demand compliance on the part of a population.
– (MACIONIS & WEBER, 2012) "No government is likely
to keep its power for long if compliance comes only from the threat of brute force. Even the most brutal dictator must wonder if there can ever be enough police to watch everyone and who would watch the police?
Arizona Temporary Judge Prosecuted for Misconduct: Commission on Judicial Performance Victoria B. Henley Director CJP Chief Counsel - Supreme Court of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Judicial Council - Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kevin Culhane - 3rd District Court of Appeal Judge Vance Raye
California Judicial Branch News Service - Investigative Reporting Source Material & Story Ideas