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Which concepts did Weber use to analyse the forms of legitimate domination?

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In Economy and Society (posthumous, 1922), Max Weber separates power (Macht) from domination (Herrschaft). Power is the chance to carry out one's will despite resistance. Domination is the probability that a command with a specific content will be obeyed by a given group. The central concept for its forms is legitimacy, the ruled's belief that…

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