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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the characteristics of bureaucracy?
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1. relies on official jurisdictions, jurisdictions are regulated by written rules
2. action is determined by your field of expertise 3. hierarchy: several levels of power |
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What are the outcomes of bureaucracy?
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1. emphasizes rationality (formal rationalization)
2. levels social differences (position in bureaucracy matters, not social differences) 3. encourages professions which require credentials 4 permanent |
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What are the types of legitimate authority?
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1. Traditional Authority
2. Charismatic Authority 3. Rational-Legal Authority |
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Background of Traditional Authority
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- pre-modern era
- authority based on the sanctity of the social order as it has already existed - leaders chosen based on ancestry or history of people - high level of enchantment ex. kings, tribal leaders |
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Pluses of Traditional Authority
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- experienced rulers
- people have faith in it |
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Minuses of Traditional Authority
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- unstable: investing authority in single human, what if leader dies?
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Pluses of Charismatic Authority
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- gives off hope to followers
- high enchantment - has indescribable likable quality - emerges with large social change |
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Minueses of Charismatic Authority
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- unstable: investing authority in person who may not have good experience, may not be good leader, something could happen to him/her
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Background of Rational-Legal Authority
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- seen in modern bureaucratic society
- authority people have based on written rules and laws |
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Pluses of Rational-Legal Authority
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- takes power away from the few individual rulers
- takes charisma and injects them into the office, not the person - faith gets put into the office & bureaucracy |
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Minuses of Rational-Legal Authority
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- messy, slow
- disenchantment because of emphasis on rules and regulation, people lose their feeling of attachment to power in place |
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What is enchantment?
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deep feeling of devotion and attachment to authority figure
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