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Rational-Legal Authority

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Based on written rules - a type of power that "reasonable" people agree to and is is written into the law( (Person is not important the office is important. The person is always replaceable) Authority comes from the position that someone holds, not the person who holds that position Everyone is subject to the organizations written rules

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Authority

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Power with legitimacy (people accept it a right or just Authority is legitimate Can be overthrown and replaced in a revolution where people claim the right to rule for themselves the right to monopolize violence is more stable when more people see its power as legitimate

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Democracy

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Citizens are routinely included in government and their consent is needed by leaders for their power to be legitimate either participate or representative (our votes don't count as one)

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Politics

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Can have either power, or authority

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Based on custom birth into a particular family makes an individual the chief, king, queen Problems: industrialization and exposure to modern views undermines traditional authority by encouraging people with less power to question long stand customs but traditional authority never fully dies out in every arena Traditional authority never fully dies out in every arena. EX. because you are a mom you are in charge

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Power

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Power: the ability to get other people to do what you want them to do, even if they don't want to do it Power is either legitimate (authority or illegitimate)

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The Routinization of Charismatic a leader

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Making a transition from charismatic to rational Because of the event instability of charismatic authority, it often has to transitioned onto traditional or rational-legal authority to survive Although charismatic authority is inherently unstable provide a major force for social change

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Totalitarian

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An authoritarian system where there are no formal limits on the extent to which the government can intervene in people's everyday life (government can kill you )

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5 Characteristics Bureaucracies

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1. Hierarchy of Authority 2. A specialized division of Labor 3. Written rules 4. Written Communication and Records 5. Based on Impersonality

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Authoritarian

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People are excluded from any meaningful participation in decision making (ex. Monarchies, dictatorships) (just no say)

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Charismatic Authority

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Trump, mlk, Hitler Based on individuals outstanding when rout followers- people see charismatic leaders as divine or as ended win exceptional qualities Problems: Can lead entirely according to persuade initiation (you can replace them)

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3 Sources of Authority

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Traditional Authority Rational-Legal Authority Charismatic Authority

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