Lecture I

Question 1

Sovereignty model of power

Answer 1

Assumption of initial autonomy

Question 2

Commodity model of power

Answer 2

Power viewed as a transferable or circulating good

Question 3

Repressive model of power

Answer 3

Power based on coercion

Question 4

Traditional legitimacy (Weber)

Answer 4

Long established customs and traditions

Question 5

Charismatic legitimacy (Weber)

Answer 5

Individual quality of the leader (manufacturing charisma)

Question 6

Legal-rational legitimacy

Answer 6

“Things are done this way because it is more effective”. Bureaucratic organizations

Question 7

Why do people follow/comply?

Answer 7

Weber’s ideal-types of legitimacy

Question 8

Ideal-types

Answer 8

Conceptual models (exaggeration of empirically observable characteristics) to understand complex nature of social facts

Question 9

Virtue according to Machiavelli

Answer 9

Possibility to change and adapt to situations

Question 10

Christian (Cardinal) virtues

Answer 10

• Force (courage)
• Prudence
• Justice
• Temperance

Question 11

3 types of power

Answer 11

Thought