Introduction to Philippine Government Lesson 1 What is Political Science ? • Political – Greek word • “POLIS” - means – A CITY / SOVEREIGN STATE • Science – Latin word • SCIRE - means - TO KNOW Therefore…... • It is a basic knowledge and understanding of the state and its ideals • Association of human beings into a “body politic” • Political community- organized under government and law • The relations among people control by the state; state to other state Scope of Political Science
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Elements of Government The third basic element is legitimacy‚ “the acceptance by the people of the government’s authority to exercise power” (282). Without this such acceptance‚ no government or political party can subsist. Socialization plays its part in the legitimacy of a government. Socialization is defined as a “learning process in which the people come to accept the standards of their society” (282)‚ meaning to convert or adapt to the needs of society. There are many ways to endorse socialization
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American Government American Government is necessary for society to maintain an orderly life with the people; that provides a governing body to help protect and carry out the laws that maintain freedom and liberty of the American People. When our founders came to America they were tired of living under a British monarchy and developed the constitution to help with fairness and make sure our community does not end up in tyranny. Within the constitution there are three branches of government that helps
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Boyd Texas Government Essay 1 09/17/2013 Federalism There was a little bit of a controversy between state powers and federal powers. The state powers were more limited as to oppose the federal‚ being that an actual Civil War broke out. There needed to be a common ground made on the quality of having independent authority over territory whether it could be found in the power to rule or make laws. U.S Supreme Government‚ Federal Powers vs. State Powers and how federal government gets states
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Branches of Government Paper Brandy N. Serrano HIS 301 May 28‚ 2012 Bruce Franklin Branches of Government Paper This paper will discuss the three branches of government Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial. This paper will first cover the history of the three branches how did it start and what each branch controls. The second piece will cover how the branches interact with each other and the success and balance of each of the three branches. The last two parts of the paper will cover conflict
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agree with that statement he made. The second meeting I attended recently on October 23‚ 2012‚ about a month after‚ was based on city commissions to be consolidated. This involves issues on mobile home parks‚ domestic and family violence‚ and small business development. One issue that stood out to me was how the city council plans to fundraise for parks and recreation‚ which also includes senior citizens and youth. They mentioned that it won’t happen overnight but with time it will improve. My impression
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lived there and they appeared to be the main obstacle to the westward expansion. White American settlers petitioned to the federal government to remove the Native Americans. Presidents both Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe argued that Indian tribal lands in the Southeast should sell and/or exchange their land for lands west of the Mississippi River. The American Government did not take any steps to make this happen. In fact‚ the first transfer of land occurred only as an end result of war. The Americans
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uncontested control over its people and government and backed by a strong leader and disciplined military‚ totalitarian government would fare far better than a republic. The capability to take immediate and authoritative action unlike the sluggishness of a republic is invaluable during this time when every second means more zombies and deaths. Dominating the people by channeling their fear and anger into uniting the people under a totalitarian government will lead to a determined and organized citizenship
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Government Assistance to Those Who Need It The government really needs to focus more on assisting the people who really truly need their help. They need to stop helping the ones in this magnificent country of ours such as: drug addicts‚ illegal immigrants‚ and all those people who live to take advantage of the system and find loopholes. They need to do background checks on the people who they assist and do quarterly personal check-ups to make sure they are spending this countries tax money on the
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and our whole world along with it. These are helping humanity head on into the future‚ and while new industries are prospering‚ many fear that they will be left in the dust. But‚ how much control should the government have in all this? Those who fear being left behind want to give the government a little more control - they want the protection. Many companies want less regulations. While people are scared of being left behind our speeding
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