PO101 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Turkey, Social Science, Referendum
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Why don"t we trust politics anymore? if we don"t trust politics or politicians it means we don"t trust in our political and democratic systems anymore. In the democratic system we think that legitimacy comes through winning elections, e. g. government is in power because they won the elections. But he also recognized that there were different kinds of legitimacy and authority. Traditional authority- power from the past, constitutional heads. Charismatic authority- dangerous authority according to weber. he recognized that its good for politicians to have this quality but he also emphasizes that in modern society this isn"t enough. Bureaucratic authority- specialization, of cial hierarchy, use of les, dedication to work, expert training, predictability of behaviour -these are the roles that give rise to a balanced society. This de nition of authority covers both democratic and non democratic states. modern non-democratic states, e,g, china, also have to have a certain degree of modern bureaucracy. Anyone can be charismatic- mlk and hitler.
