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Power, Authority, Legitimacy

Power, Authority, Legitimacy. Dr. Afxendiou AP Comparative Government and Politics Sachem North High School. POWER. the ability, whether personal or social, to get things done — either to enforce one’s own will or to enforce the collective will of some group over others. LEGITIMACY.

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Power, Authority, Legitimacy

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  1. Power, Authority, Legitimacy Dr. Afxendiou AP Comparative Government and Politics Sachem North High School

  2. POWER the ability, whether personal or social, to get things done — either to enforce one’s own will or to enforce the collective will of some group over others

  3. LEGITIMACY a socially constructed and psychologically accepted right to exercise power.

  4. LEGITIMACY AND POWER • A person can have legitimacy but no actual power • For example: the legitimate king might reside in exile, destitute and forgotten • A person can have actual power but not legitimacy • For example: the usurper who exiled the king and appropriates the symbols of office

  5. AUTHORITY • It is subjective; it depends upon an individual’s perception of its rightness. • It is defined as rightful power, or legitimate power. • For example: the president of the United States and his administration command authority, or rightful, legitimate power

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