Political organization
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This document discusses different types of political organizations and theories of the state. It describes four principal types of political organizations: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. Bands are small groups loosely related by ties like marriage or friendship. Tribes are larger groups dependent on the land and self-sufficient. Chiefdoms have a hierarchical structure led by senior family members. States have centralized government with powers like taxation and lawmaking over a territory. The document also lists some political theories of the state function, such as anarchy, classless society, and pluralism.
Political organization
- 2. •Is any entity that is involved in the political process. Includes political institutions, political parties, and political groups.
- 3. Activity: Surveying the campus •If you are to choose a leader who will represent and lead your political organization, how would you want this leader to be chosen or selected?
- 9. 4 Principal Types of Political Organizations
- 10. BANDS • A small group of foragers that are loosely related by marriage, blood, friendship and interests.
- 11. • Tribal organizations are distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient, and not integrated into the national society. TRIBES
- 12. • A form of hierarchical political organization in non- industrial societies usually based on kinship in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or houses. CHIEFDOMS
- 14. • An autonomous political unit, encompassing many communities within its territory and having a centralized government with the power to collect taxes, draft men to work or war, and decree and enforce laws. STATES
- 15. Some Political Theories of State Function Examples: •Anarchy •Classless Society •Pluralism
- 16. • Give your own interpretation. 10 pts.