POLS 110 Lecture Notes - National Fiscal Policy Response To The Great Recession
14 Apr 2013
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One"s perception of another"s power often is more important/triumphs the actual amount of power they hold. Ex. hijackers have power without legitimacy we do not respect their power, we do not think they are in the right. Pilot has legitimacy without power we still respect him. The power of force is often a more important way to exercise authority than anything else. Weber considered legal-rational authority as the most important kind as it was based on reasoning and foundations. Power must be exercised according to established rules to be legitimate: rules can be written based on precedent, rules must be justified by shared beliefs, by expression of consent by governed. Us military is one of the most powerful regimes. Early society creation of myths (grand narratives) ex. Imperial society societies are about conquest and expansion; the role of religion and philosophy was dominant, had great influence.
