01:920:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Charismatic Authority
14 Mar 2018
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Review: how are social problems created: 1. Illustrate the problem with an awful example: 2. Use statistics to suggest the problem"s size and importance: moral entrepreneurs generally connect two ideas that did not previously go together, political con icts of interest create debated, often power imbalance. Review: shift to modern society: traditional societies: people similar, mechanical solidarity, modern societies: technology, complementary tasks, division of labor, organic solidarity, increase in rationalization (ef ciency, coordination, and control over the physical and the social environment) Review: three pure types of authority: traditional: power is legitimated by the sanctity of age-old customs (queen of. Jr: mlk jr had charismatic authority demonstrated by his speech, it gave him authority because people believed in him and his words, his causes were non-violent and very powerful. Review: ideal-type bureaucracy (max weber: hierarchy, impersonality, written rules of conduct, promotion based on achievement, specialized division of labor, ef ciency.
