PO102 Lecture 1: PO102 Lecture : 2,3,4
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Those with authority have the right to exercise power! Involved granting of rights and responsibilities to particular individuals and groups so they can make the community function. A person receives power and legitimacy because of the institution she/he represents. Is the right to exercise power that is accepted by the governed (the people) as legitimate. Legitimacy that police and others with authority have, is often backed by the threat of sanction or punishment. In real life we can have combinations sometimes. Power was vested in a particular person due to heredity or custom. Source not tradition but exceptional personal qualities - supernatural , the divine . This form of authority can be boosted by crises or social unrest. Impersonal, derived from a position in an institution. Based on rule of law; or through a fair and socially acceptable process. Authority is limited since officials expected to uphold laws and procedures. In a system where legal-rational authority is at play:
