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This document discusses different types of social and political structures including political organizations, labor unions, political parties, advocacy groups, and forms of traditional political organization such as bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. It also examines concepts of power, authority, and legitimacy. Power is defined as the ability to get others to do things even if they do not want to, while authority is the right to command others based on one's position or leadership. Legitimacy provides a belief that a ruler or institution has a right to govern. There are three main types of authority: traditional, charismatic, and rational.

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Political Organizations PDF

This document discusses different types of social and political structures including political organizations, labor unions, political parties, advocacy groups, and forms of traditional political organization such as bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. It also examines concepts of power, authority, and legitimacy. Power is defined as the ability to get others to do things even if they do not want to, while authority is the right to command others based on one's position or leadership. Legitimacy provides a belief that a ruler or institution has a right to govern. There are three main types of authority: traditional, charismatic, and rational.

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Social and Political

Structures
Political
Organizations
entities in a society
formed for administrative
or political functions.
They refer to the scheme
or design of power and
authority in society.
Political organizations
define the scope and
limits of power.
Labor Union

Collaborate or negotiate
with the company
administration to raise
employee concerns
regarding salary
increase, benefits, and
labor rights.
Political paties

Are formed for


staging interest in
the government
seat
Advocacy and Interest
Groups
Designed for
campaigning the
rights, privileges,
and concerns of
a particular group
of people in
society.
Type of Political
Organization
1. Band
2. Tribes
3. Chiefdom
4. State
Band
the most traditional and
smallest type of political
organization. Familial ties
connect a band. Politically
independent, a band usually
does not recognize the
formal government. There
are no written codes or
laws. There is no organized
group of leaders.
Tribes
traditional societies
comprised of people or
group of people
connected by social,
religious, ancestral, or
cultural ties. Bigger
than a band, tribes are
usually settled in one
place and do not rely
on hunting and
gathering but on
agriculture for
subsistence
Chiefdom

unlike tribal societies,


is a permanent and
formal government.
Chiefdoms are formal
political organizations
in a traditional society
based on kinship or the
leadership of selected
families.
State
formal political organization
in a modern or industrial
society regarded as an
organized community under a
government. Characteristics
of a state include owning a
certain territory, having a
particular group of people to
lead it, a group of people to
take administrative roles, and
freedom from external or
foreign control.
Power, Authority, and
Legitimacy
Power
natural inclination
that is sought
continuously by
individuals. In
sociology and
politics, power is the
ability to get others
to do things even
when they might not
want to
Authority
the right to command.
Authority is observed
when an individual has a
command to make a
person do things. Such
act is a response to that
person’s perceived power.
This person can be your
boss, your superiors, or
those who hold high
positions in society.
Legitimacy
Legitimacy is a
belief that a rule,
institution, or leader
has the right to
govern. Legitimacy
is the force that
makes an action of a
governing body
necessary.
3 types of Authority
Type Description
Based on the system which
authority is legitimate because
Traditional it “has always existed” people
in power usually enjoy it
because they have inherited it
Based on the unique qualities
of the leader, who shows that

Charismatic he or she possesses the right


to lead by virtue of magical
powers, prophecies, heroism,
etc.
Based on a system of rules

Rational that is applied administratively


and judicially in accordance
with known principles

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