Philippine Politics & Governance
States, Nations, and Globalization
GROUP 4
Objectives
Define what a STATE is;
Identify the ELEMENTS of
STATE;
Identify the TWO TYPES of
SOVEREIGNTY;
Identify the DUTIES of
STATE;
Define what a NATION is
What related territorial issue was
depicted by the picture?
Scarborough Shoal
What is a State?
It is a community of nations more or
less numerous permanently occupying
a definite portion of territory.
It has a government of their own to
which the great body of inhabitants
render obedience and enjoying
freedom from external control.
(De Leon, Hector)
Elements of a State
People
It is the organization of human beings living together as a
community.
Territory
It refers to the territorial domains over which the state
exercises control or sovereignty which includes all the land,
sea, and airspace the state exercises jurisdiction on.
Elements of a State
Government
It is an agency to which the political ideology of the state is
expressed and carried out.
Sovereignty
It is the power of the state to enforce the law over its people
within its jurisdiction and demand obedience from them.
Two Types of Sovereignty
INTERNAL
SOVEREIGNTY
EXTERNAL
SOVEREIGNTY
It is the power of the
state to command
authority within its
jurisdiction.
It is the power and
freedom of the state to
carry out its activities
without
foreign
domination or control.
Duties of the State
• Peace and Order and National Security
• Political Harmony or Good Laws
• Social Justice
• Economic Development
• Individual and Collective Development
of People
What is a Nation?
It is a group of people bound together
by certain characteristics and shares
the same history, ancestry, culture,
and language.
Benedict Anderson asserted that
nations were "imagined communities";
it is imagined because even though
people do not know each other or do
not meet all the members, they share
the same history, culture, language,
and tradition.
Conclusion
STATE and NATION are often
used interchangeably. Although
many people think they are the
same, in context and concept, the
words nation and state are vastly
different from one another. State
and nation's functionalities and
attributes can be used to analyse
the different between the two
terms.
Let's Test What You
Have Learned!
Identify!
1. It is a community of nations more or less
numerous permanently occupying a definite portion
of territory, having a government of their own to
which the great body of inhabitants render
obedience and enjoying freedom from external
control.
Identify!
2. According to him, a "state" is a community of
nations more or less numerous permanently
occupying a definite portion of territory, having a
government of their own to which the great body of
inhabitants render obedience and enjoying freedom
from external control.
Identify!
3. Which among the ELEMENTS of STATE pertains
to an agency to which the political ideology of the
state is expressed and carried out?
Identify!
4. Which among the ELEMENTS of STATE refers to
the organization of human beings living together as
a community?
Identify!
5. What are the two (2) types of SOVEREIGNTY?
6. It is the power of the state to command authority
within its jurisdiction.
Identify!
7. It refers to the territorial domains over which the
state exercises control or sovereignty which
includes all the land, sea, and airspace the state
exercises jurisdiction on.
Identify!
8. It is the power and freedom of the state to carry
out its activities without foreign domination or
control.
9. It is one of the ELEMENTS of SOVEREIGNTY that
refers to the power of the state to enforce the law
over its people within its jurisdiction and demand
obedience from them.
Identify!
10. It is the group of people bound together by
certain characteristics and shares the same history,
culture, ancestry, and language.
BONUS!
• Who asserted that nations are "imagined
communities"?
Thank you!