lesson 7 Flashcards
Small groups of politically independent, though related households.
bands
Consist of small, autonomous local communities, which form alliances for various purposes.
tribes
The head of a hierarchy of people.
chiefdoms
The most formal of political organizations.
State
A people who share a collective identity based on a common culture, language, territorial base, and history.
nations
Refers to the right command of the power to give orders or enforce rules.
authority
Value whereby something or someone is acknowledged as acceptable, lawful, right, or proper.
legitimacy
Explains that a governing power must continue to rule as it is historically accepted.
traditional legitimacy
this legitimacy springs from the persona charisma or inspiring ideas of the leader, a person whose imposing personality attracts and influences people to agreement with his government’s regime and rule
charismatic legitimacy
this popular acceptance of authority derives from a system of institutional processes, in which government institutions launch and impose law and order in accordance to the public interest.
rational-legal legitimacy