Lets talk about politics
Can we change the world?
THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF SOCIETY:
THE STATE
INTRODUCTION:What is a state?What is a nation?What is a country
A state is a group of institutions that organise the society.
A nation is a community of people with the same culture, traditions, history and language. For example the UK is a country compounded by people of four nations: the English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
Tract of land inhabited by people of one or several nations.
Whereas the term 'nation' refers to particular group of people, 'country' refers to the physical dimensions and boundaries of a geographical area, and 'state' legal and political entity.
BORDERS, POPULATION, TERRITORY, LAW, RIGHTS, DUTIES,TAXES, POWER, PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC, TAXES, RIGHTS, POWER, DUTIES, LAWS, PUBLIC, POPULATION, FACILITIES
whats up with you, democracy?
governments,
How, what, where...
Types of governments
DEMOCRACYREPUBLICMONARCHYARISTOCRACYDICTATORSHIP
The word "democracy" literally means "rule by the people." In a
democracy, the people govern.
DEMOCRACY
The political parties:
A literal democracy is impossible in a political system containing more than a few people. All "democracies" are really republics. In a republic, the people elect representatives to make and enforce laws
REPUBLIC
A monarchy consists of rule by a king or queen. Sometimes a king is called an "emperor," especially if there is a large empire, such as China before 1911. There are no large monarchies today. Spain, which has a king, is really a republic because the king has virtually no political power.
MONARCHY
An aristocracy is rule by the aristocrats. Aristocrats are
typically wealthy, educated people. Many monarchies have really
been ruled by aristocrats. Today, typically, the term "aristocracy"
is used negatively to accuse a republic of being dominated by rich
people, such as saying, "The United States has become an
aristocracy."
ARISTOCRACY
A dictatorship consists of rule by one person or a group of people. Very few dictators admit they are dictators; they almost always claim to be leaders of democracies. The dictator may be one person, such as Kim jong il in norht korea or Hitler in Germany, or a group of people, such as the dAESH Party in SIRIA.
DICTATORSHIP
DEMOCRATIC AND NON-DEMOCRATIC STATES
activity
Explain what this type of government consist of?
What other characteristics of democracies do you know about?
Activitiy
Explain what this type of government consist of?
What other charachteristics of dictatorship do you know about?
the spanish state organisation
Autonomous governments
Spain is organised into 17 Autonomous Communities and two Autonomous Cities (Ceuta and Melilla
The Autonomous Communities has its own Statute of Autonomy
The Statute of Autonomy sets out the organisation and decides how the government deals with different issues: health, education...
Local government
The Autonomous Communities are divided into provinces
There are 50 provinces in Spain.
-activity:
How many provinces has got Catalunya?
Name it!
Identify the Island Provinces. Which Autonomous Community each one belongs to?
Which autonomous Community has the largest number of provinces?
Lets do the Activity
The Structure of Spain in the moodle!
United nations
United nations