Agenti State And Legitimacy Of Authority Evaluation Flashcards
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Q
How has the agentic state explanation of obedience failed to explain behaviour historically?
A
The behaviour of the Nazis can’t be explains in terms of authority and an agentic shift
- Mandel (1998) conducted research into police battalion 101 where men obeyed orders to shoot civilians in a small town in Poland despite having the option to be assigned to other duties etc.
- the fact that they weren’t forced into the role suggests they weren’t being acting as an agent but under their own control
