POLITICAL STRUCTURES/INSTITUTION- organized way in which power distribute and make decision in society
BANDS- considered simplest political systems
BAND- formed of families living together based on marriage, common descendants, and friendship affiliations
BAND- informal leadership according to members
In Band decision making by consencus
Band ruled by village headman
If population increase the conflict also increase that leads to ''band fissioning'' or band splitting
The band survives in fissioning and social velocity becomes a tribe
If Band form their own group it is called Social Velocity
TRIBES OR TRIBU- is type of group that more complex and larger than band
TRIBE- organized hrough pantribal associations to form of councils, tribal leaders, elders and etc
Tribes are commonly headed by a village headman
VILLAGE HEADMAN- person who performed leadrship but has limited political power
Most tribes remain ''egalitarian''
CHIEFDOM- political organization, composed of number of communities that ruled by paramount chief that from elite family
Elite Family in chiefdoms like Raja Soliman and Sultan Kudarat
2 forms of chiefdoms is SIMPLE CHIEFDOMS AND COMPLEX CHIEFDOMS
Simple Chiefdoms- characterized by central village or community ruled by single family
Comple Chiefdoms- composed of several chiefdoms ruled by single paramount chief
Nations- group of people that share common history, language, traditions, customs, habits, ethnicity
State- political unit of government that has sovereignty
If one citizens of a state belong to only one nation, such state is called ''nation-state''
Elements of State- PEOPLE, TERRITORY, GOVERNMENT, SOVEREIGNTY
Authority- is the right command and when individual has a command to make person do things
In authority is a person like your boss, your superiors, and those people that have a high position in society
Legitimacy- moral and ethical concepts that bestows one who possesses power to authority
For authority to be binding and stable it must called ''legitimate''
WEBERS 3 types of authority
TRADITIONALAUTHORITY
CHARISMATICAUTHORITY
RATIONAL-LEGAL OR BUREAUCRATICAUTHORITY
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY- legitimacy is derived from well-established customs, habits, and social structures like the rule of elite family in ''chiefdoms''
CHARISMATICAUTHORITY- legitimacy emanates from charisma of individual, power legitimated with personal abilities that inspire devotion and obedience
EXAMPLE OF CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
JESUS OF NAZARETH
MOHAMMED OF MECCA
MAHATMA GANDHI
MARTIN LUTHER KINGJR
CHARISMA- personal qualities that turn the audience into followers
RATIONAL-LEGAL/bureaucratic authority- legitimacy from formal rules by the state through fundamental and implementing laws
RATIONAL-LEGAL- most dominant way authority in modern states
GOVERNMENT- one of the major components of social institution
GOVERNMENT- activities are entrusted, making and enforcing rules of society