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Write short note: Authority.

  • UPSC 1994
  • Sociological Thinkers

Authority is power accepted as legitimate. Max Weber defined power as the chance of carrying out one's will even against resistance. He treated domination (Herrschaft) as the probability that a command will be obeyed, and authority as domination resting on the belief of the ruled that obedience is rightful (Economy and Society, 1922). Coercion alone…

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