Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Steven Lukes, No. 5 Group Raf, Joseph Schumpeter
22 Nov 2016
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Authority may be de ned as legitimate power in the sense that rules gain the acceptance of the ruled not through coercion but by persuading them to recognize the rulers" right to exercise power. Maintaining control through manipulation and the preferences of the ruled so that they re ect the interests of the ruler. Authority can be a product of manipulation; hence not all authority it legitimate. The use of coercion is the make the ruler legitimate in the eyes of the ruled convert power into authority. Us used fore in vietnam and iraq yet failed to win the war in vietnam. Vietnam was then united under a communist government and remains a communist state today. Having the means of power is not the same as being powerful - steven lukes (2005:70) Pluralists measure power in terms of decision-making; this corresponds to luke"s rst dimension.
