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Political Concepts of Power and Authority

Objective:. To investigate and understand the political concepts of power and authority.. What is Power?. Political power, is the ability to make and carry out decisions, is dependent on certain sources of power. The exercise of power therefore involves such processes as force, coercion, manipulati

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Political Concepts of Power and Authority

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    1. Political Concepts of Power and Authority

    2. Objective: To investigate and understand the political concepts of power and authority.

    3. What is Power? Political power, is the ability to make and carry out decisions, is dependent on certain sources of power. The exercise of power therefore involves such processes as force, coercion, manipulation, bargaining or persuasion.

    4. What is Authority? Authority suggests consent and legitimacy. Power suggests force violence and a lack of consent. It is useful to remember the phrase: “Authority is legitimate power”.

    5. What makes authority legitimate? According to Max Weber (Sociologist) people give their consent to the rule of three different types of authority: Charismatic Traditional Legal Rational

    6. Charismatic Authority People consent o be ruled by people with special human qualities. Such qualities inspire loyalty and obedience. Examples throughout history include: Napoleon Hitler Gandhi

    7. Traditional Authority Some people accept the power and rule of others because there is a long standing tradition of things being like that. The British Royal family could be said to have traditional authority. Similarly a society that venerates age (where elders rule) often does so on the grounds of tradition.

    8. Rational Legal Authority In modern societies authority is made legitimate by the acceptance of an established set of sensible rules, laws and procedures by the majority of the population. For example the authority of Parliament and the Prime Minster.

    9. Real Authority Most people and organizations in authority have elements of all three of Max Weber’s different types of authority. Why do we obey traffic lights?

    10. The End

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