Authority/Power/Politics Authority What is Authority The word authority derives from the Latin word auctoritas meaning invention‚ advice‚ opinion‚ influence or commands which originate from an auctor‚ indicating that authority originates from a master‚ leader or author. Essentially authority is imposed by superiors upon inferiors either by force of arms (structural authority) or by force of argument (sapiential authority). Usually authority has components of both compulsion and persuasion
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QUESTION : ACCORDING TO MAX WEBER‚ LEGAL-RATIONAL AUTHORITY IS THE MOST RATIONAL TYPE OF AUTHORITY.DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER. In every society‚ whether pre-modern or modern‚ there has been a hierarchy of command of which everyone must adhere to. In order for this system to operate‚ there must be someone in charge. Since every human being is found in a group or an organization which may be a country‚ tribe‚ institution or a family‚ it is obvious that the
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Woodrow Wilson Wilson’s approach to governing American business as presented in Clements “The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson” was progressive. He played a vital role in developing American business. The boom of the Industrial Revolution brought on the emergence of larger populated cities‚ employment of women and children‚ and foreign trade. Most importantly the need for a way of governing these changes was necessary. Woodrow Wilson addressed many issues and those concerning American business. He
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What is the current status of the First Nations Land Claims in the Province of British Columbia? Assess the progress that has been made so far and provide some suggestions to expedite the process. The Canadian government says that it is dedicated to making its obligations to First Nations by discussing issues and bringing closure to all claims. Canada likes to underlie that by looking at the historic inequality and building strong partnerships among First Nations people; governments‚ and the
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Yet another account‚ written less than a week later‚ from In the Muskoka Territory: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Party of Holleyites on a Canadian Canoeing and Fishing Expedition‚ New York Holley Standard July 24‚ 1902: The Standard last week abandoned a party of five Holley fishermen on the shores of Muskoka lake‚ leaving them in the throes of preparation for a week’s canoeing trip‚ and with an implied promise of some further account of their adventures. A greener lot of tenderfeet never invaded
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1. Evaluate the view that democracy is the only legitimate form of government A legitimate state can be defined as “A state in which its citizens have little or no significant resistance to the public policy and leadership of the state in question due to the rightful/legitimate exercise of power.” This Legitimacy of state is often a hard term to apply to any form of government in the modern political world due to the very differing cultures between the western and eastern world. However the
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Globalisation or ‘Glocalisation’? Networks‚ Territories and Rescaling Erik Swyngedouw University of Oxford Abstract This paper argues that the alleged process of globalisation should be recast as a process of ‘glocalisation’. ‘Glocalisation’ refers to the twin process whereby‚ firstly‚ institutional/regulatory arrangements shift from the national scale both upwards to supra-national or global scales and downwards to the scale of the individual body or to local‚ urban or regional configurations and
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Obedience to Authority: its Meaning‚ Uses‚ and Side Effects Obedience to authority is an aspect present in all societies throughout known history. For the entirety of this paper‚ obedience to authority will refer to any act a member of society performs that he or she was told to do by a position of higher authority. This paper will focus on the idea that members of society will follow commands that may go against their moral beliefs on the sole account that the commands come from a place of higher
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Delegation of authority The action by which a commander assigns part of his or her authority commensurate with the assigned task to a subordinate commander. While ultimate responsibility cannot be relinquished‚ delegation of authority carries with it the imposition of a measure of responsibility. The extent of the authority delegated must be clearly stated. Delegating It is impractical for the supervisor to handle all of the work of the department directly. In order to meet the organization’s
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Native Americans have always had problems in the United States. Over recent years it has gotten better. Problems include: poverty‚ unemployment‚ murder‚ suicide and deportation. After Lara‚ an Indian who was not a member of the Spirit Lake Tribe‚ ignored the Tribe’s order excluding him from its reservation‚ he tried to resist arrest. Resisting the arrest resulted in one of the federal officers getting struck. He later pleded guilty in Tribal Court to the crime of violence to a policeman. The
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