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!