LANGUAGES
Global Studies 301
POLITICS
MICROPOLITICS AND MACROPOLITICS
POWER, AUTHORITY AND COERCION
AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE
TYPES OF AUTHORITY
MICROPOLICT
ICS
MACROPOLICTI
CS
Power?
Authority?
Coercion?
A SINGLE PERSON
A GROUP OF PEOPLE
=
REVOLUTION
THE COLLAPSE OF
AUTHORITY
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY
CUSTOM
Industrial society
Postindustrial society
RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY
LAW OR WRITTEN RULES AND REGULATIONS
CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
AN INDIVIDUALS OUTSTANDING TRAITS
A charismatic individual is
someone to whom people
are drawn because they
believe that person has
been touched by God or has
been endowed by nature
with exceptional quality
KING JAYAVARMAN VII
JOHN F. KENNEDY
RARE INSTANCE
UNUSUAL
GOVERNMENTS
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?
FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENTS
TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS
TYPES OF DEMOCRACY
TYPES OF MONARCHIES
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?
FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENTS
Function of government is to secure the common welfare of the
member of the social aggregate over which is exercise control
FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENTS
1. To establish justice
2. To ensure domestic tranquility
3. To provide for the common defense
4. To promote the general welfare
5. To secure the blessings of liberty
TYPE OF GOVERNMENTS
DEMOCRACY
MONARCHY
DICTATORSHIP AND OLIGARCHIES
DEMOCRACIES
A system of government in which authority derives from the
people or give the power to the people
TYPES OF DEMOCRACY
DIRECT REFERENDUM (DIRECT DEMOCRACY)
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY (INDIRECT
DEMOCRACY)
DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Classically term of pure democracy
Directly vote by people
INDIRECT DEMOCRACY
MONARCHY
Is form of government in which all
political power is absolutely or
normally lodged an individual
TYPES OF MONARCHIES
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITED
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
Is Monarchical form of government where the monarch
exercise ultimate governing authority as head of state and
head of government
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
SEVEN ARRANGEMENTS OF SOVEREIGNTY
THE PROCESS OF MAKING LAWS
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
What is the Sovereignty?
The power of state to do
everything to govern itself
Presidential systems
Parlimentary systems
Hybrid systems
Military rule
Monarchies
Theocratic states
One-party political systems
Law
Chief
Executive
Upper House
Bill
Lower House
Bill: a written draft of a proposed law formally represented to a legislature for its consideration
Veto: to refuse to allow something to be done
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
The
President
For President
For Lower
House
Voter
Members of
Congress
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
President has no authority to
remove members of the
legislature
Legislature have the right to
make laws without the chief
executives approval
President have right to remain
in the position for the full term
ADVANTAGES
VS.
Direct mandate
Seperation of powers
Speed and decisiveness
Stability
DISADVANTAGES
Tendency towards
authoritarianism
Seperation of powers
Impediments to leadership
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
The voters elect the members of
lower chamber
The members of lower chamber
elect the chief executive
The chief executive selects the
members of lower chamber to
become the head of major
ministries
For Lower
House
The Prime
Minister
Voter
MPs
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
Bills are proposed by the chief executive in consultation
with head of ministries
Any vote against the bill could result in an immediate
new election (vote of no confidence)
Elections for parliament are not held at regular intervals
The head of state usually is a king or queen (hereditary
monarch)
Parliamentary Systems
Election
Election
Fixed Term
Fixed Term
Vote of No Confidence
Election
Election
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
ADVANTAGES
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
DISADVANTAGES
The head of major ministries is not directly elected
Nobody oppose or veto the legislation passed by the
MPs
The systems are sometime unstable
The prime minister and MPs work systematically
Presidential
Parliamentary
The president
Presidential
Parliamentary
HYBRID SYSTEMS
HYBRID SYSTEMS
SEMIPRESIDENTIAL
SEMIPARLIAMENTARY
HYBRID SYSTEMS
SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM
The president is the chief executive
The president and MPs are separately elected
The president has constitutional power to select the
prime minister
The president is more powerful
HYBRID SYSTEMS
SEMI-PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
MILITARY RULE
A military leader acts as the chief executive
No opposition party is allowed
A military ruler is the head of military
MONARCHY
King of Arabia
THEOCRATIC STATES
The state that is dominated by religious leader.
The ruler is believed to have connection with God.
IRAQ
IRAN
ONE-PARTY RULES
One party rules is a type of party system government in
which a single political party forms the government and
no other parties are permitted to run candidates for
election.
CUBA
CHINA
Political Systems
Parliamentary System
Presidential System
Military
Military Rule
Heredity in monarchy
Monarchy
Religious body
Theocratic States
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Voting
Involve in community activities
Cooperating with government
Withholding cooperation from government
Informing or confronting government
Voting
Communicating with
government
Demonstration
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
MULTIPARTY SYSTEM
Citizen Groups
Public interest Groups
Single-issue Groups
Ideological Groups
Direct Lobbying
Indirect Lobbying/Grass-roots
Electioneering
Litigation
REFERENCES
Robert, E. Gamer, Governments and Politics, 1994
Phillips Shively, W. Power and Choice, 2007
John, J. Harrigan, Politics and the American Future Dilemmas of
Democracy, 1996
David C. Saffell & Basehart, H. State and Local Government, 2005
Jack, E. & Michael, J. & Robert, E. American Government, 1991
Thomas, E. American Democracy, 2001