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• The type of authority Philippines has, President Duterte is an example of a charismatic leader.
• A value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper, authority is a key characteristic of a nation-state.
• Mother Teresa is an example of a historical leader.
• A chiefdom has a more defined political organization and has a permanent leader with real authority to make major decisions.
• A nation-state does not possess political sovereignty.
• A political unit consisting of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory, and has the highest form of political organization is referred to a state.
• A tribe is more complex and larger than a band.
• To avoid conflict and maintain social order, there is a need to establish a defined political system and defined political power.
• Human beings are social animals with tendencies to join groups and have different interests, leading to a tendency towards conflict.
• Leadership is a key aspect of Political Organization/Authority and Legitimacy.
• Max Weber’s three types of authority include traditional, charismatic, and legal-rational.
• Authority is the right to command.
• A chiefdom has a more defined political organization, with a more or less permanent, full-time leader with real authority to make key decisions, referred to as the “chief”.
• Out of the breakdown of political organizations, what emerged was the presence of groups of people that shared a common history, language, traditions, customs, habits, and ethnicity, collectively referred to as nations.
• A tribe is a more complex and bigger group than a band, organized through pan-tribal associations in the form of councils, tribal leaders, elders, etc.
• Legitimacy is a “value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper.
• A state is a political unit consisting of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory and has the highest form of political organization.
• In a community, there are people who become influential.
• In bands, those who possess exceptional skills and knowledge can be raised to become informal leaders.
• Authority is the right to command, and authority is observed when an individual has a command to make a person do things.
• As the population of bands increases, the tendency of conflict also increases, leading to “band fissioning” or band splitting.
• Due to the presence of various communities in a tribe, tribes are commonly headed by a village headman who perform leadership roles but has limited political power.
• A tribe is more complex and bigger than a band, and as the population increases, there is a shifting from a basic form of livelihood to a multiple way of living.
• A chiefdom has a more defined political organization, with more or less permanent, full-time leader with real authority to make key decisions.
• The task of organizing a political community requires the existence of leaders, and in order to be effective, leaders need to possess authority that is considered legitimate by the community.
• Tribe is organized through pan-tribal associations in the form of councils, tribal leaders, elders, etc.
• The band who survives fissioning and social velocity eventually becomes a tribe.
• There is no class differentiation based on wealth in bands, but status differences based on gender and age is well-defined.
• Some leave the band to form their group, a process known as social velocity.
• Bands are often perceived without a well-defined system of leadership.
• Bands are egalitarian, meaning, all families are equal.
• Formal leadership exists and power rests solely on the members of a select family in a chiefdom.
• Political organizations include bands and tribes, which are considered the simplest political systems.
• A state is a political unit consisting of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory and has the highest form of political organization.