PLANETARY NETWORK: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS

Human Environment Systems (HES)

It bridges the gap between, and integrate knowledge from, the social and the natural sciences within one framework in the study of environmental and social issues.

HES as a Social Science

an interdisciplinary approach in the social sciences.

Carbon

Biggest contributor to climate change.

Carbon

It regulates the Earth's temperature, make up the food that sustains us, and provide energy that fuels our global economy

Carbon Footprint

the total amount of green house gasses(carbon) that are generated by our own actions most especially fossil fuels.

Power

Make the others do what you would have them do.

Legitimate and illegitimate

Types of Power

Influence and Authority

Legitimate power

Coercion and  Force

Illegitimate power

Legitimate Power

Influence through persuasion and Authority given by the poeople.

Illegitmate Power

The use of coercion and force to exert control.

Traditional, Charismatic, and Legal - Rational

Types of Authority

Traditional Authority

Are rooted from customs and tradition. E.g Monarchies, political dynasty, tribal chief and elders in the philippines.

Charismatic Authority

Arise’s from leaders personal characteristics. E.g Jose Rizal, Martin Luther King, and like many celebrities were voted as officials of the government.

Legal - Rational

Enacted rules and regulations. E.g constitution, laws, and rules that we follow.

Social Stratification

refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of peoople in hierarchy

Wealth

An abundance of valubale possesions or money.

Power

The capacity or ability to direct or infulence the behavior of others or the course of events.

Presitge

Wide spread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of their perception of their  achievement or quality.

Symbols of Social Stratification

Wealth, Power, and Prestige

Theoretical Perspectives

Functionalism and Conflict theory

Functionalism

Social Stratification exist for a reason. It has benificial consequences for the operation of society which is why society must offer those people rewards and incentives.

Conflict Theory

Social Stratification is unfair and harmful the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. Social Startification benifits some at the expenses of others. Capitalism and exploitation exist in the society.

Social Inequality

The existance of unequal opportunites and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or a society. Difference in income, resources, power, and status within and between societie.

Personal Wealth, Land Distributions,Educational Opportunities, Basic Welfare Programs, Lack of Development in Indigenous People Area.

Social Inequality in the Phillipines Presistent problems

Government

an institution which makes and carries out rules and actions to enable men to live in a social state which are imposed upon the people forming the society by those who possess the power of

prescribing them.

Governance

exercise of political, economic, and administrative authority to manage the nation’s affairs. It embraces all of the methods— good and bad the societies use to distribute power and manage

public resources and problems.

Positional Power

existing systems and institutions, power held by your position.