PUB1501
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
, PossibleExaminationQuestionsforPUB1501
1.Explainwhatismeantbytheconcept“state”?.
Todescribeastateyouneedtodescribeconceptofastate,usually
hasitsownterritory,population,governmentandsovereignty.Itisan
politicalorganizedcommunitythatisunderonegovernment.
2.Describeindetailthemeaningofthefollowingconcepts:
Citizenship.- Citizenship isthatpersonsstatusorrelationshiptoa
nationorstate.ForexampleaSouthAfrican citizen isapersonwho
enjoys citizenshipinSouthAfrica,eitherbybirthornaturalization.
Community.-Peoplewhoaregroupedtogetherbecauseofasharedor
strongcommunalinterest.Theconditionofsharingorhavingcertain
attitudesandinterestincommon.
Government.-ThewordgovernmentcomesfromtheLatinwordcalled;
gubername,wgichbasicallymeanstoserve.Itmightalsorefertothe
collectionofpeopleandinstitutionsthatmakeandenforcesthelaws
morespecificallytonationalgovernment.Therearetwoformsof
Government;DemocraticandNondemocraticgovernance.
Formofgovernment-Therearedifferentformsofgovernment,whichis
referredbytheactionsofthegovernment.Twobroadcategoriesmay
bedistinguished,namelydemocraticformsofgovernmentand
nondemocraticformsofgovernment.Democraticformsof
governmentarecharacterisedbytheprinciplesofpopularsovereignty,
politicalequality,equalityofthepeople,consultationwiththepeople
andmajoritygovernment.Nondemocraticformsofgovernmentinclude
dictatorships,totalitarianismandperfecttotalitarianism.Theyare
characterisedbythefactthattheprinciplespresentindemocraciesare
absenttovaryingdegrees.
Publicadministration-PublicAdministrationisaboutprovidingforthe
needs(poverty,security)ofsociety,satisfyingtheneedsofsociety
withinthebordersofaspecificstatebytheprovisionofcertainpublic
servicesbytheauthoritiesatallspheresofgovernment.
3.ExplainhowtheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSouthAfricacanberegarded
asacontemporaryexampleofasocialcontract.
Socialcontractisanagreementbetweengovernmentononehandand
thesocietyandtheindividualonanother.Eachpartyhasrightsand
obligationstofulfil.
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
, PossibleExaminationQuestionsforPUB1501
1.Explainwhatismeantbytheconcept“state”?.
Todescribeastateyouneedtodescribeconceptofastate,usually
hasitsownterritory,population,governmentandsovereignty.Itisan
politicalorganizedcommunitythatisunderonegovernment.
2.Describeindetailthemeaningofthefollowingconcepts:
Citizenship.- Citizenship isthatpersonsstatusorrelationshiptoa
nationorstate.ForexampleaSouthAfrican citizen isapersonwho
enjoys citizenshipinSouthAfrica,eitherbybirthornaturalization.
Community.-Peoplewhoaregroupedtogetherbecauseofasharedor
strongcommunalinterest.Theconditionofsharingorhavingcertain
attitudesandinterestincommon.
Government.-ThewordgovernmentcomesfromtheLatinwordcalled;
gubername,wgichbasicallymeanstoserve.Itmightalsorefertothe
collectionofpeopleandinstitutionsthatmakeandenforcesthelaws
morespecificallytonationalgovernment.Therearetwoformsof
Government;DemocraticandNondemocraticgovernance.
Formofgovernment-Therearedifferentformsofgovernment,whichis
referredbytheactionsofthegovernment.Twobroadcategoriesmay
bedistinguished,namelydemocraticformsofgovernmentand
nondemocraticformsofgovernment.Democraticformsof
governmentarecharacterisedbytheprinciplesofpopularsovereignty,
politicalequality,equalityofthepeople,consultationwiththepeople
andmajoritygovernment.Nondemocraticformsofgovernmentinclude
dictatorships,totalitarianismandperfecttotalitarianism.Theyare
characterisedbythefactthattheprinciplespresentindemocraciesare
absenttovaryingdegrees.
Publicadministration-PublicAdministrationisaboutprovidingforthe
needs(poverty,security)ofsociety,satisfyingtheneedsofsociety
withinthebordersofaspecificstatebytheprovisionofcertainpublic
servicesbytheauthoritiesatallspheresofgovernment.
3.ExplainhowtheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSouthAfricacanberegarded
asacontemporaryexampleofasocialcontract.
Socialcontractisanagreementbetweengovernmentononehandand
thesocietyandtheindividualonanother.Eachpartyhasrightsand
obligationstofulfil.