Constituted Authority Flashcards
_______ is the right to make or take decisions on behalf of others
Authority
________ is a legitimate form of power backed by approved procedures
Authority
______ is the capacity to enforce decisions and enforce ones will against the resistance of others
Power
______ defines power as the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance
Weber in 1947
Elements of power relationship include
Sanction (drive of punishment)
Coercion (compulsion)
The use of physical force
_____ is the main distinguishing feature between power and authority
Voluntary obedience
_______ acceptance of power backed by authority
Legitimacy
Authority roles set up by the law of the land and functioning on the behalf and interest of the citizens are called?
Constituted authority
The power relationship devoid of Sanction, Coercion, and physical force is called?
Influence
Influence is classified into two which are?
MANIFEST (ones action causes another to behave in a way that is desirable to the ones own interest)
IMPLICIT ( it is an indirect influence… Causes one to behave in a way that is pleasing to owns interest even if one does not act to achieve this)