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Politics |
power, rule, authority and influence and the manner in which all are acquired and exercised. |
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Politics |
•the means by which the will of the community is arrived at and implemented. •is the art and science of governance.
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Politics |
the art of compromise to achieve desired ends. |
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Harold Laswell |
A Social Scientist who described politics as the struggle over “who gets what, when and how.” |
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Politics |
is the process of making uniform decisions applying to all members of a group. |
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Polis |
Political in Greek which means City-State |
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Polis |
Political in Greek which means City-State |
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Scire |
Latin word of science which means “to know” |
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Polis |
Political in Greek which means City-State |
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Scire |
Latin word of science which means “to know” |
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Political Science
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is the systematic study of the state and government |
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Polis |
Political in Greek which means City-State |
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Scire |
Latin word of science which means “to know” |
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Political Science
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•is the systematic study of the state and government •The study of the state, its institutions, laws and processes. It is also the study of power structures, power patterns, power distribution and power relationship between individuals and |
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State |
It is a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government to which the great majority of people render obedience and enjoys freedom or sovereignty from external control.
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People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty |
4 Elements of a State |
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People |
Refers to the population |
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Territory |
Definite portion of the earth over which the state’s jurisdiction extends |
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Government |
the agency through which the will of the state is enforced |
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Government |
the agency through which the will of the state is enforced |
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Sovereignty |
the supreme, absolute and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed. |
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Territory, space, economic activity and organised economy, education or social engineering, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition |
What constitute a state? |
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Territory, space, economic activity and organised economy, education or social engineering, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition |
What constitute a state? |
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Paddy Roy Bates |
A retired British Army major who occupied the abandoned Rough's Tower in the North Sea in 1967. |
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Territory, space, economic activity and organised economy, education or social engineering, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition |
What constitute a state? |
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Paddy Roy Bates |
A retired British Army major who occupied the abandoned Rough's Tower in the North Sea in 1967. |
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September 2, 1976 |
Date when independence was declared for the Principality of Sealand. |
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Territory, space, economic activity and organised economy, education or social engineering, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition |
What constitute a state? |
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Paddy Roy Bates |
A retired British Army major who occupied the abandoned Rough's Tower in the North Sea in 1967. |
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September 2, 1976 |
Date when independence was declared for the Principality of Sealand. |
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Princess Joan |
Prince Roy called his wife |
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China, India, Usa |
Most Populous Country (Top3) |
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China, India, Usa |
Most Populous Country (Top3) |
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Top 12 |
What is the rank of the philippines in the most populous state |
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China, India, Usa |
Most Populous Country (Top3) |
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Top 12 |
What is the rank of the philippines in the most populous state |
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Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria |
Largest states |
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Vatican City |
Smallest State with 0.2 sq. mi |
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Vatican City |
Aka the Holy See Smallest State with 0.2 sq. mi Surrounded by Rome, Italy St. Peter’s Basilica |
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Monaco |
-.7 sq mi -Monte Carlo Casinos and Princess Grace - on the French Mediterranean coast near Nice -Independent since 13th century |
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Vatican City |
Aka the Holy See Smallest State with 0.2 sq. mi Surrounded by Rome, Italy St. Peter’s Basilica |
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Monaco |
-.7 sq mi -Monte Carlo Casinos and Princess Grace - on the French Mediterranean coast near Nice -Independent since 13th century |
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Nauru |
➢ 8.5 square miles -rely on diminishing phosphate deposits. The state became independent in 1968 and was formerly known as Pleasant Island |
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Tuvalu |
9 square miles - is composed of 9 coral atolls along a 360 mile chain in Polynesia. They gained independence in 1978. The former Ellice Islands are home. |
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Tuvalu |
9 square miles - is composed of 9 coral atolls along a 360 mile chain in Polynesia. They gained independence in 1978. The former Ellice Islands are home. |
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San Marino |
-24 square miles - Located on Mt. Titano in north central Italy, -claims to be the oldest state in Europe, having been founded in the fourth century. |
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Liechtenstein |
62 square miles - This microstate of 34,000 is located on the Rhine River between Switzerland and Austria in the Alps. |
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Serbia |
became its own entity on June 5, 2006 after Montenegro split |
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Montenegro |
was part of Serbia and Montenegro (also known as Yugoslavia) but gained independence on June 3, 2006 after a referendum |
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East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but did not became independent from Indonesia until May 20, 2002 |
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Palau |
was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence October 1, 1994 as a former colony |
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Eritrea |
was a part of Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence on May 25, 1993 . |
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The Czech Republic and Slovakia |
became independent states on January 1, 1993 when Czechoslovakia dissolved |
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Micronesia |
previously known as the Caroline Islands, became independent from the United States on September 17, 1991. |
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The Marshall Islands |
was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony on September 17, 1991 |
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Germany |
unified (from East Germany and West Germany) on October 3, 1990 after the fall of the Iron Curtain |
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Yemen |
was formed when North and South Yemen merged on May 22, 1990 |
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Marshall Islands |
70 square miles - The atolls (including the world's largest, Kwajalein), reefs, and 34 islands (population 58,000) gained independence in 1986; they were formerly part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (and administered by the United States). |
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Namibia |
became independent of South Africa on March 21, 1990 . |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, |
February 29, 1992 |
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Croatia |
June 25, 1991 |
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Macedonia |
(officially The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) declared independence on September 8, 1991 but wasn't recognized by the United Nations until 1993 and the United States and Russia in February of 1994 |
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15 |
How many new countries became independent with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Most of these countries declared independence a few months preceding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991. |
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Somalia |
Most corrupt country in 2015 |
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North Korea and Somalia |
Most corrupt countries in 2016 |
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Denmark, Switzerland, iceland, norway, Finland, Canada, The netherlands, new zealand,Australia, sweden |
Happiest Countries |
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1.Area and Location, 2.Climate and natural resources, 3.Size and quality of population, 4.Events in history ,5. Institutions and policies, And 6. alliances and other factors such as international prestige, military strength, etc. |
Factors that affect state power |
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NOTHING |
Else |
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St. Kitts & Nevis |
104 square miles - This Caribbean country of 39,000 gained independence in 1983. Nevis is the smaller island of the two and is guaranteed the right to secede. |
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Seychelles |
➢ 107 square miles - The 81,000 residents of this Indian Ocean island group have been independent of the UK since 1976 |
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Maldives |
115 square miles - Only 200 of the 2000 Indian Ocean islands which make up this country are occupied by 340,000 residents. The islands gained independence from the U.K. in 1965 |
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Malta |
122 square miles - This island is just south of the Italian island of Sicily. It became independent from the United Kingdom in 1964 and the British military were completely gone by 1979. The population is 400,000.
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Grenada |
➢ 12. Grenada 133 square miles - This Caribbean country (population 90,000) became independent of the U.K. in 1974. In 1983 U.S. troops invaded the Caribbean island nation after Marxist rebels overthrew its government . |
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USA, China, Japan, Germany, France, Brazil, Italy, Russia, India |
World’s Largest Economies |
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South Sudan |
peacefully seceded from Sudan on July 9, 2011 following a January 2011 referendum. Sudan itself was the first to recognize South Sudan and did so one day early. |
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Kosovo |
unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008 |
