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    Authority and legitimacy are examined. Authority is defined as the legitimate power to command obedience or make decisions that guide others' actions. Legitimacy refers to power or authority being justified and willingly accepted. There are three main types of legitimacy: 1) Traditional legitimacy, which rests on respect for long-established cultural traditions and statuses. 2) Charismatic legitimacy, which is based on devotion to an exceptional individual's abilities and character. 3) Rational-legal legitimacy, also known as bureaucratic authority, where power comes from legally enacted rules and regulations, such as in governments where leaders hold political offices through prescribed procedures.

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    Authority and legitimacy are examined. Authority is defined as the legitimate power to command obedience or make decisions that guide others' actions. Legitimacy refers to power or authority being justified and willingly accepted. There are three main types of legitimacy: 1) Traditional legitimacy, which rests on respect for long-established cultural traditions and statuses. 2) Charismatic legitimacy, which is based on devotion to an exceptional individual's abilities and character. 3) Rational-legal legitimacy, also known as bureaucratic authority, where power comes from legally enacted rules and regulations, such as in governments where leaders hold political offices through prescribed procedures.

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    Authority and legitimacy are examined. Authority is defined as the legitimate power to command obedience or make decisions that guide others' actions. Legitimacy refers to power or authority being justified and willingly accepted. There are three main types of legitimacy: 1) Traditional legitimacy, which rests on respect for long-established cultural traditions and statuses. 2) Charismatic legitimacy, which is based on devotion to an exceptional individual's abilities and character. 3) Rational-legal legitimacy, also known as bureaucratic authority, where power comes from legally enacted rules and regulations, such as in governments where leaders hold political offices through prescribed procedures.

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    Authority and

    Legitimacy
    POWER
    According to Herbert & Edward – Power is the
    ability to influence the behavior of others

    According to Hans Margenthau – By power we


    mean power by man over the minds and action
    other man.

    According to Maciver – by the possession of power


    we mean the capacity to centralize, regulate or
    direct the behavior of person or things.
    AUTHORITY
    • The word authority is derived from the Old Roman
    notion “Auctor” or “ Auctoritos” ; which generally meant
    counsel or advice
    • Indicating the legitimate or socially approved use of
    power. It is the legitimate power which one person or a
    group holds and exercises over another.
    According to Maciver – “ Authority is often defined as being
    power, the power to command obedience”.
    According to Herbert – “ Authority as the power to make
    decision which guides the actions of another”.
    AUTHORITY
    Authority is always expressed for regulating
    external behavior of individuals or group of
    individuals, through speech and written words and
    no by brute force

    Power can be exerted by the use of force or


    violence. Authority, by contrast, depends on the
    acceptance by subordinates of the right of those
    above them to give them orders or directives.
    LEGITIMACY
    The term legitimacy is derived from the latin word
    “Legitmus” which means lawful.
    • According to Jean - Legitimacy can be defined as the
    extent to which the population accept naturally, without
    questioning, the organization to which it belongs.

    • According to J. C. Piano – Legitimacy means the quality of


    being justified or willingly accepted by subordinates that
    converts the exercise of political power into rightful
    authority.
    LEGITIMACY
    Legitimacy in a simple sense is derivative of legitimate
    which mean allowed by the law or rules or something which
    is able to be defended with reasoning
    Use of a force or coercion or sanctions may be resorted to
    only when legitimacy fails to work.
    Legitimacy is based on respect and willing compliance.
    TRADITIONAL
    • Rests on an established belief in the sanctity of
    immemorial traditions and Legitimacy of the
    status of those exercising under them.
    • Passed down generation to generation.
    • Power legitimized by respect for long-established
    cultural patterns.
    • Based on belief in tradition.
    • Existed right on the very beginning.
    TRADITIONAL
    CHARISMATIC
    • Power legitimized by extraordinary personal abilities that
    inspire devotion and obedience.

    • Rests on devotion to the specifics and exceptional sanctity,


    heroism or exemplary character of an individual person.
    CHARISMATIC
    RATIONAL-LEGAL
    • Also known as bureaucratic authority, is when power is
    legitimized by legally enacted rules and regulations such as
    governments.
    • Emanates from the political office held by where he/she is
    appointed through the prescribed procedure
    Generally found in Democratic System of Govt.
    RATIONAL-LEGAL
    RATIONAL-LEGAL

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