State and Non-state Institutions

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics - Core Subject

Grade 12 Senior High School
Topic: State and Non-state Institutions

Week 5 Understanding Culture, Society and Politics (UCSP)

MELC: *Explain the forms and functions of state and non-state institutions

STATE
State is an organized political community living under a single system of
government. Often state and government are used as synonyms. Both words refer to
an organized political group that exercises authority over a particular territory. Sates
may or may not be sovereign.
For example, federated states that are members of a federal union have only partial
sovereignty, but are, nonetheless, states. Some states are subject to external
sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state. The term
“state” can also refer to the secular branches of government within a state, often as a
manner of contrasting them with churches and civilian institutions.

NON-STATE
These are establishments which are not owned and controlled by the government.
Some non-state is for profit and others are nonprofits and some are for personal
investments and for financial help. Examples:
Banks Transnational Advocacy Groups
Corporations Development Agencies
Cooperatives and Trade Unions International Organizations
Activity 1: Please watch this video and answer the
questions below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtcicQY49AQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=mtt2ew7YMWw
1. What is State?
 the state is a large community of people big enough to support itself, it
also occupies a certain part of the world.
2. What are the Characteristics of a state?
 The characteristics of a state are that it must have sovereignty, an
established government, clearly defined borders, and a permanent
population.
3. What is difference between nation and a state?
 A state is a territory with its own institutions and populations while a nation
is a large group of people who inhabit a specific territory and are
connected by history, culture, or another commonality.
4. How does nation oppose state? Cite an example.
 The definitions of the two words must not be mixed up because it can
cause confusion and conflicts between nations or state.

Activity 2: Please watch this video and answer the ffg.

Questions below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqQRL15i14I or https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=j_SN-Jz9rBY
1. Give an examples of each Non-state Institutions. Write as many as you can.
 Banks
o Banco de Oro (BDO)
o Metrobank
o Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
o Asia United Bank Corporation (AUB)
o Landbank
 Insurance Companies
o Pru Life Insurance Corp. of U.K.
o Philippine AXA Life Insurance, Corp.
o Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company, Inc.
o Manulife Philippines
o FWD Life Insurance Corporation
 Investment Corporations
 o Loan Star Lending Group Corporation
o DS FINANCE CORPORATION
o Vigattin Insurance
o Aethelmark Philippines Insurance Agency, Inc
o OSG Global Consulting, Inc
 Cooperative and Trade Unions
o ACDI Multi-purpose Cooperative
o PLDT Employees Credit Cooperative
o Perpetual Help Community Cooperative
o Ayala Multi-Purpose Cooperative
o Cooperative Insurance System of the Philippines Life and General
Insurance
 Transnational Advocacy Groups
o Amnesty International Philippines
o Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates
o Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau
o Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
o Campaign for Human Rights Philippines
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