SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Charismatic Authority, Milgram Experiment, Hard Power
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3 types of legitimate authority: charismatic- authority rests on personal appeal of an individual leader, traditional- authority based on appeals to past traditions legal-rational- authority based on legal, impersonal rules. The a(cid:271)ility to (cid:272)arry out o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:449)ill despite resistance. 62% all the way (this is the q&a electric shock for wrong answer one) A (cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity(cid:863) that (cid:272)lai(cid:373)s the legiti(cid:373)ate use of physi(cid:272)al for(cid:272)e think back to domination by authority. Coercion (hard power) the use of force to get others to do what you want. How would each of the 3 types of authority use coercion differently: legal-rational- physical force, traditional- consequence of punishment, charismatic- manipulative. Power attained through the use of cultural attractiveness. Welfare state: the state is responsible for the well-being of its citizens. Politics: power relations among people or other social actors. Interest group: organization that seeks to gain power in government and influence policy: types of interest groups:
