SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Charismatic Authority
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There was a time when campuses were coming a part because students were protesting against the vietnam war. Power: the ability to realize one"s will despite and against the resistance of others. They both make people do certain things. Domination: the capacity to make people comply to commands, despite resistance. Authority: the legitimate demand for compliance, despite resistance just people one is legitimate doesn"t mean people will agree with you. Power and authority are forms of domination. Weber"s main point on power is that it can get spun out of control. Almost all types of power for weber has a degree of resistance (people may appear to comply, but they may not want to) Legitimacy can disappear if one makes too many mistakes and when you say one thing and do another. Weber: democracy you vote and the shut up . Ideal-typical forms of authority: never pure or absolute, always a hybrid of life.
