UCSP (PRELIMS)

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is generally defined as the sum of an individual's way of life, ranging from the food he or she eats, the clothes he or she wears, and the house where he or she lives. It also includes both the material and non-material things that he or she possesses or acquires.

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Culture

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refers to the "theory, art, and practice of government."

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Politics

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The political which are involved in the acquisition and exercise of power and decision-making whittution is a relatively stable cluster of statuses, general norms, and role behavior, in society

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(Turner: 215)

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The

institution that sets up the social norms and values as to who

will possess "the monopoly of legitimate use of physical force

within a given territory, how that power is acquired and

maintained, and how that power is organized and exercised,

comprises the state

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(Weber: 216)

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is a status granted to individuals or institutions to properly run the government and implement the rule of the law in a society.

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Power

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is a system of rules established and enforced by society or government to regulate behavior, maintain order, and ensure justice.

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Law

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refers to the recognized and institutionalized power that allows individuals or institutions to direct others and make binding decisions.

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Authority

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defined as an organized group or groups of interdependent people who share a common territory, language, and culture, and who act together for collective survival and well-being.

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Society

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is the socially-constructed characteristics of being male or female. In short, it refers to society's division of humanity into two distinctive categories based on sex.

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Gender (Eccles: 43)

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refers to the category of persons who have more or less the same socioeconomic privileges in a society. These privileges are due to inherited wealth and/or the occupational status of the breadwinner in the household (Panopio, etc.: 327).

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Socio-Economic Status