STATE AND NON STATE INSTITUTION

INSTITUTION
-An organize, establishment, foundation, society, or the like devoted to the promotion of particular cause and program
STATE

it is a community of persons, more or less numerous, occupying a definite portion of earth’s surface, having its own
government, through which the inhabitants render habitual obedience free from outside control.

FOUR ELEMENTS OF STATE

1. People of population- it’s important that a community of persons is composed of both males and females for
purposes of reproduction
2. Territory – the territory should be fixed and bounded portion of the earth surface within it
3. Government- this is where that laws to be implemented in the country are enacted
THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

- Legislative- which formulate the law of the state i.e. performs law making functions;
- Executive- enforces and implements the laws i.e. performs the law application functions.
- Judiciary-applies the laws to specific cases and settles the disputes i.e. performs adjudication functions

4. Sovereignty- It refers to the supreme power of the state to rule itself without interference
TWO DIMENSIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY
- Internal sovereignty- It means the power of the state to order and regulate the activities of all the people, groups,
and institutions which are work within its territory.

- External sovereignty- It means the independence of the state from external control. It also means the full freedom
of the state to participate in the activities of the community of nations

THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE

1. Divine theory- It holds that the state was created by God for people
2. Social contract theory- the people agreed to established the state to their common benefit
3. Force theory- it was established through the sue of force in order for people to follow
 NON-STATE INSTITUTIONS
These are institutions which are not owned and controlled by the government

FORMS OF NON-STATE INSTTUTION

A. Banks and corporation- a financial institution which deals with deposits and advances and other related services

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF BANKS

1. Banks are depositary of savings
2. Banks are largely responsible for the payments system
3. Banks issue loads to both peoples and companies

B. Cooperatives and Trade unions

- Cooperative is firm owned, controlled, and operated by a group of users for their own benefits
- Trade unions is an organization made up of member (a member based organization) and its membership must be
made up mainly of workers
C. Transactional advocacy groups- advocacy and advocacy groups represents a wide range of categories and
support several issues listed on worldadvocacy.com
D. Development agencies- the most influential groups of nonstate institutions

United nations were established to rebuild peace after World War II

THESE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES UNDER UN

1. United nations educational, scientific, and cultural organization
- The UNESCO is specialized agency of the UN for the purpose of promoting, peace and security thorugh
international partnership in education, science and culture