The document defines key terms related to the purposes and functions of government. It explains that government maintains social order through laws and institutions, provides public services that benefit communities, works to ensure national security through defense and foreign relations, and makes economic decisions around taxation and spending to promote welfare. Examples are given for each term like traffic laws for social order and the military for national security.
The 1987 Philippine Constitution: Article IIbrianbelen
Lecture slides for an undergraduate class on Philippine Politics and Governance I taught between 2003 and 2005.
Outlined here is the declaration of state principles as reflected in Article II of of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
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Rights and Duties
Introduction
Definition
Kinds of Rights
Classification or Kinds of Rights
Legal or Moral Rights
Kinds of Legal Rights
Duty
Classification or Kinds of Duties
Conclusion
The 1987 Philippine Constitution: Article IIbrianbelen
Lecture slides for an undergraduate class on Philippine Politics and Governance I taught between 2003 and 2005.
Outlined here is the declaration of state principles as reflected in Article II of of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
These slides were prepared using Powerpoint XP.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://brianbelen.blogspot.com
http://brianbelen.wordpress.com
Rights and Duties
Introduction
Definition
Kinds of Rights
Classification or Kinds of Rights
Legal or Moral Rights
Kinds of Legal Rights
Duty
Classification or Kinds of Duties
Conclusion
Planificacion (Importancia de la planificacion en los centros educativos POA)Antonysantana160487
Una buena planificación es la garantía de no improvisar al momento de poner en marcha un plan o proyecto. Nos garantiza detectar las debilidades y establecer prioridades, así como también la asignación del tiempo prudente para la ejecución de cada actividad.
6th Std Social Science- Civics - ch 3. GovernmentNavya Rai
6th Std Social Science- Civics - ch 3. Government
Government is a group of people that come together to handle the daily affairs of the country.
The group is sometimes elected by the citizens of the country and sometime selected by the ruler, depending upon the form of Government the country has.
Every country needs a government to make rules, regulate the society and formulate policies for the Welfare of the people.
2. Government
• the institution through which the state maintains
social order, provides public services, and enforces
binding decisions on citizens.
• Characteristics
1. has one or more leaders that ensure it exists
2. there is no government without people (the
governed)
• Ex: The United States Government
• Non-Ex: Chaos; people stealing, looting, and killing
in order to survive
3. Social Order
• a set of linked social structures, social institutions
and social practices which conserve, maintain and
enforce "normal" ways of relating and behaving
• Characteristics
1. the type of government decides the “normal” ways of
behaving.
2. enforced through binding laws or agreements.
• Ex: Having to raise your hand in class
• Non-Ex: Everybody talking whenever they want to
4. Public Service
• services provided by the government to the public
with the purpose of enhancing the general well-
being, or welfare, of individuals, communities, and
states.
• Characteristics
1. provide people with items that they could not have
on their own
2. includes the enforcement of laws
• Ex: Welfare checks and road services
• Non-Ex: A police officer not following the laws
5. National Security
• maintain the survival of the nation through the use of
economic, military and political power, as well as
working with foreign countries.
• Characteristics
1. can protect people from harm and terrorism
2. includes creating good relationships with other
countries
• Ex: Having a navy defend the seas surrounding a
country
• Non-Ex: Having an alarm on all houses in a country
6. Economic Decisions
• financial decisions made in order to prevent conflict,
ensure well-being of the state, and make sure basic
needs of the people are met.
• Characteristics
1. includes taxing people
2. includes payments and public services
• Ex: Deciding how and where to build roads /
Budgets
• Non-Ex: Spending tax dollars on personal items.
7. Purposes of Government
• Government provides social order
• People need government to protect them
from themselves and others.
• Government prevents conflict and dispute.
• Creates laws and gives people an orderly way
of settling issues.
• Stop signs and stoplights are an example of social
order.
8. Purposes of Government
• Government provides public services
• Can do for people what an individual cannot
alone.
• Promotes the general welfare through projects
that serve the community.
• Promotes the general welfare by enforcing laws
that promote safety and health.
• State legislators pass laws that ban talking on the cell
phone while driving.
9. Purposes of Government
• Government provides national security
• Protects individuals within a society from outside
harm.
• Promotes positive relationships with other
countries through trade and treaties.
• Prevents attacks through the use of military
intelligence.
• Preventing terrorist attacks
10. Purposes of Government
• Government makes economic decisions
• Government can use this power to ensure basic
needs of all are met.
• Decide how to tax individuals in order to
provide public services, such as roads.
• Directs the economic growth of cities and
number of jobs in a community.
• Plan how and where cities should grow in order to
promote the well-being of citizens.