POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intentionality, Majority Government, False Consciousness
3 Mar 2018
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Power: idea that through the exercise of power, something happens that would not have otherwise happened. Need both power and authority to exercise control. Weber"s forms of authority : traditional authority. Leaders were born into the position, not based on merit or accomplishment/ elected. Vulnerability is that leaders are not always suited for the job and may create disaster: charismatic authority. Based on personal characteristics of leader, whom people feel compelled to follow. Vulnerability is that once the leader is gone, there is room for succession crisis. Based on a constitutional legal order [based on rules]. Development of legal process and feeling of consent / legitimacy. Weber believed the tendency of the modern world is toward legal-rational authority. What are sources of legitimacy: rational-legal authority (weber) Sets out rules for limited government and for the people. Contract: social legitimacy naturalness of the political order" (lipset) Liberal and ndp when conservatives were about to lose their place in.
