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Sociological Thought Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University

notes unit-23: authority and types of authority

contents
Objectives
Introduction

23.1 Subject Matter
23.2 Summary
23.3 Keywords
23.4 Review Questions
23.5 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y Develop the understanding of authority,
y To discuss the three form of authority-Traditional, Logical-legal, and Charismatic.

introduction

Max Weber has been seeing both dominance and power in separate perception. He used domination
word for dominance and used ‘Macht’ word for power. Being explain the sources of power in detail
Weber says that in sociological relation when any person is such condition that fulfilled their wish
on other resistance then its call power.

23.1 subject matter

According to Max Weber authority is specially based on economic bases, though economic factors can
not say only factor in selection of authority. In economic life this is clear easily that one side master
class tries to increase their authority on the services of labours and sources of production and on other
hand the labours try to get maximum rights for their wages in returns of their services. Power is in
those hands whose have sources of production and property. Freedom of labour is buying on the
bases of this authority and master has special rights upon labour. Though now this type of authority
is decreasing day by day and there has been much reduced. But in economic field the sources of
production and self property are important factors in the selection of authority for any class.

Did You Know? In economic life a stable or institutional economy are provide authority to
some specific class of society. This class is keep domination on other class
on the strength of their authority or sedentary on their high class.

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