Sociology Learners

Types of Authority

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Max weber” explained the three ideal types of authority&comma; he was interested in the evolution of political power&period; The reason behind his theory of authority was to enlighten that&comma; how the barbarous authority has been changed over time into the legitimated authority&quest; According to him human beings have experienced three different types of authority&comma; which are as follow&semi; traditional authority&comma; charismatic authority and bureaucratic or rational-legal authority&period; However&comma; his sociology is based on social action therefore&comma; he believed that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;types of social actions” are correlated with the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;types of authority”&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Traditional Authority<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">According to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Max Weber” primitive societies were operated by&comma; the traditional authority&period; By traditional Authority he meant&comma; monarchy&comma; in which monarchs and kings’ authority over the individuals was dependent on divinity&period; People of such societies believed that&comma; royal families are ordained by God to rule over them&period; Traditional authority is linked with traditional social action&comma; in which people act according to their religion&comma; customs and culture&period; In modern world traditional authority still exist&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Saudi Arabia” &lpar;KSA&rpar; is the best example of traditional authority&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Charismatic Authority<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Max Weber” says that&comma; after traditional authority there comes the epoch of charismatic authority&period; Rulers who are considered to be&comma; having heroic powers and extra-ordinary from other individuals by&comma; the people of society is known as&comma; charismatic Authority&period; Such authority is interrelated with affective social action&comma; people of such societies act on the basis of their emotions&period; Napoleon Bonaparte is the good example of charismatic authority&comma; people of France rally behind him blindly in every war&comma; even after his exile he managed to raise an army because of his charisma&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Bureaucratic or Rational-legal Authority<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Weber” believed that&comma; bureaucratic powers comes from knowledge and such power plays an important role in changing the conditions of a nation&comma; in a positive way&period; Moreover&comma; he says that&comma; changing a leader does not have any impact on the conditions of a nation&comma; however&comma; knowledge is more effective&comma; compare to tools and money&period; Rational-legal authority is associated with goal rational social action&period; For example if a police officer gives ticket to a person for breaking a signal&comma; the person does not obey police officer for the reason that&comma; he is inspired from his personality or he is some holy man&comma; the reason behind obeying the police officer is&nbsp&semi; because the state has given him the authority to enforce the law&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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