K-12 Understanding of Culture, Society and Politics

1. P E N N T . L A R E N A , C P S , M P A
Politics, Power and Society

2. Learning Objectives
 Explain what is the nature of Politics and Political
Organizations
 Trace and Track down kinship ties and social
networks in relation to political power.
 Describe the organized nature of social life and rules
governing behaviour.
 Analyze the current political system of our country
 Explore the dynamic relationship between politics
and governance.

3. Politics
 The activities associated with the governance of a
country or other area, especially the debate or
conflict among individuals or parties having or
hoping to achieve power.

4. Social Organization
 Social organization is a
pattern of relationships
between and among
individuals
and social groups.
Characteristics of social
organization can include
qualities such as sexual
composition, spatiotemporal
cohesion,
leadership, structure,
division of labor,
communication systems, and
so on.

5. Forms of Legitimacy

6. Traditional Legitimacy
 The kind of Moral Authority that keeps society
together by virtue of custom and habit.
 This type of legitimacy emphasizes the authority of
tradition by virtue of its historical practice by a
particular group.

7. Charismatic Legitimacy
 In his book “ Charisma and Institution building”
Weber studies the transition of power from one
regime to another though the seizure of power or
revolution

8. Rational- Legal Legitimacy
 Authority in this context derives from formal
procedures of institutions. This is a type of
Legitimacy that is based on a government’s capacity
to use public interest as the rationale for establishing
and enforcing law and order.

9. Power and Authority
It is now
easier to
understand
the connection
between
power and
authority.

10. IN GOVERNMENT, AUTHORITY IS
OFTEN USED INTERCHANGEABLY
WITH POWER. HOWEVER, THEIR
MEANINGS DIFFER:
WHILE POWER IS THE ABILITY TO
ORDER OR ACCOMPLISH A GOAL
OR TO INFLUENCE
OTHERS, AUTHORITY REFERS TO A
CLAIM OF LEGITIMACY, THE
JUSTIFICATION AND RIGHT TO
EXERCISE THAT POWER.
Power and Authority

11. STATE POWER MAY
REFER TO:
POLICE POWER (UNITE
D STATES CONSTITUTIO
NAL LAW), THE
CAPACITY OF
A STATE TO REGULATE
BEHAVIOURS AND
ENFORCE ORDER
WITHIN ITS
TERRITORY.
State Power

12. K A R L M A R X ' S I D E A S A B O U T T H E
S T A T E C A N B E D I V I D E D I N T O T H R E E
S U B J E C T A R E A S : P R E - C A P I T A L I S T
S T A T E S , S T A T E S I N T H E C A P I T A L I S T
( I . E . P R E S E N T ) E R A A N D T H E S T A T E
( O R A B S E N C E O F O N E ) I N P O S T -
C A P I T A L I S T S O C I E T Y . O V E R L A Y I N G
T H I S I S T H E F A C T T H A T H I S O W N
I D E A S A B O U T T H E S T A T E C H A N G E D
A S H E G R E W O L D E R , D I F F E R I N G I N
H I S E A R L Y P R E - C O M M U N I S T P H A S E ,
T H E Y O U N G M A R X P H A S E W H I C H
P R E D A T E S T H E U N S U C C E S S F U L 1 8 4 8
U P R I S I N G S I N E U R O P E A N D I N H I S
M A T U R E , M O R E N U A N C E D W O R K .
P H O T O : K A R L M A R X A N D F R I E D R I C H
E N G E L S
Marx's theory of the state

13. A PLUTOCRACY OR
PLUTARCHY IS A SOCIETY
THAT IS RULED OR
CONTROLLED BY PEOPLE
OF GREAT WEALTH OR
INCOME. THE FIRST
KNOWN USE OF THE TERM
IN ENGLISH DATES FROM
1631.
Plutocracy

14. P O L I T I C A L D Y N A S T I E S H A V E
L O N G B E E N A F E A T U R E O F
T H E P H I L I P P I N E P O L I T I C A L
L A N D S C A P E . T H E Y A R E T Y P I C A L L Y
C H A R A C T E R I Z E D A S F A M I L I E S
T H A T H A V E E S T A B L I S H E D T H E I R
P O L I T I C A L O R E C O N O M I C
D O M I N A N C E I N A P R O V I N C E A N D
H A V E C O O R D I N A T E D E F F O R T S T O
M O V E O N T O I N V O L V E M E N T I N
N A T I O N A L G O V E R N M E N T O R
O T H E R P O S I T I O N S O F N A T I O N A L
P O L I T I C A L T H A T T R E A T S P E O P L E
P R O M I N E N C E
Political Dynasties

15. P H I L I P P I N E S A N D S O U T H E A S T A S I A
Women in Politics

16. Filipina became Senators
 Geronima Josefa
Tomelden Pecson
 Eva Estrada- Kalaw

17. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Pia Cayetano
Filipina became Senators

18.  Mu Sochua) is a Cambodian
politician and rights activist.
She was a Member of
Parliament (MP) for
Battambang from 2013 to 2017, a
seat which she previously held
from 1998 to 2003. She was a
member and Vice President of
the Cambodia National Rescue
Party (CNRP) until its dissolve,
and previously a member of
the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP)
prior to its merger with the
Human Rights Party.
Cambodia

19. Myanmar
 Aung San Suu Kyi
 Aung San Suu Kyi is a
Burmese politician,
diplomat, author, and
Nobel Peace Prize
laureate. She is the
leader of the National
League for Democracy
and the first and
incumbent State
Counsellor, a position
akin to a prime
minister.

20. Yingluck Shinawatra
 a Thai businesswoman,
politician and a member
of the Pheu Thai Party
who became the Prime
Minister of Thailand
following the 2011
election. Yingluck was
Thailand's first female
Prime Minister and its
youngest in over 60
years. She was removed
from office on 7 May
2014 by a Constitutional
Court decision.
Thailand

21. O F S T A T E P O W E R
Branches and Functions

22. Legislative Branch
 The legislative power is
vested in a bicameral
body, the Congress of
the Philippines, which
is composed of two
houses -- the Senate and
the House
Representatives. The
Congress of
the Philippines is the
country's highest
lawmaking body.

23. Executive Branch
 The executive branch is
headed by the President who
functions as both the head of
state and the head of
government. The president is
also the Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines. The
president is elected by popular
vote to a term of six years.

24. Judicial Branch
 The judicial power is
vested in the Supreme
Court of
thePhilippines and
lower courts established
by law. The Supreme
Court, which has a Chief
Justice as its head and 14
Associate Justices,
occupies the highest tier
of the judiciary.

25. Gov. Roel Ragay Degamo Vice Gov. Mark Macias
Local Politics

26. Mayor Felipe Antonio
Remollo
Vice Mayor ALAN GEL S.
CORDOVA
Local Politics

27. PCL Pres. Hon Chaco
SAGARBARRIA
ABC Pres. Hon. Kurt
Matte Teves
Local Politics

29. Thank you