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Political institution
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Institution through which power is obtained and exercised
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Power
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Ability to control others even against their will
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Illegitimate power
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Coersion; power through force
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Legitimate power
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Authority; power accepted as legitimate by those subjected to it (income tax)
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Max Weber
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Who says there are 3 forms of authority?
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Charismatic authority
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Type of authority that is personal characteristics, magnetic, feelings of trust
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Traditional authority
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Type of authority based on birthright; legitimace of a leader is rooted in custom
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Rational-legal authority
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Type of authority based on the individual office; power of government officials is based on their office held; when they leave office their power goes away or stays with the office; specific written rules and procedures define and limit the office
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Constitution
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Set of rules/laws that have been mutually agreed upon
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Ideal type method
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Max Weber: a method of isolating the most basic characteristics of some social entity
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Democracy / representative democracy
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Political structure where most familiar elected officials are held responsible for fullfilling the wishes of the majority electorate
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Totalitarianism
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Political structure in which ruler has absolute power; people only know what you want them to know
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Authoritarianism
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Political structure somewhere between democracy and totalitarianism; non-elected official that promotes some degree of individual freedom; leader cannot be removed through legal means; hereditary claim to power
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Juanta (pronounced "hunta")
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Power siezed through military coup
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Pluralist theory or modelandelite theory or model
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2 assumptions of representative democracy
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