POL S101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dog Collar, Ideal Type, Traditional Authority
20 Apr 2017
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What is a state: prof: approach with one word, first inclination = territory, in terms of control, definition does not always work, ex. Legitimate authority: authority/domination; likelihood you will obey a command, oxford definition of politics: social relations that involve authority or power; the science and methods. If command is obeyed without violence/force, authority is recognized as legitimate of government (dog collar definition) Authority: obey command because internally there is something feels like the command is justified or due to respect. Weber on internal justification, 3 ideal types of authority. Ideal; used as a yard stick to measure reality, to what extent do the characteristics of the ideal type are represented in reality: modern life; several types of authority co-existing. Traditional authority (authority of eternal past) embodiment of queens and kings: absolute monarchs (ex. Passed down from queen to first born (first successors)
