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Education Standards
Politics: Crash Course Sociology (Video)
Power and Authority
Theories of Power and Society
Weber on Traditional Authority
Explain different types of authority/systems of domination.
Overview
OER Text Material
Power and Authority
Theories of Power and Society
Understanding and Changing the Social World, 14.1.2 explains Weber’s three types of authority and 14.1.3 explains the difficulty of maintaining charismatic authority.
Supplementary Material (Videos and Reading)
Weber on Traditional Authority
SOCY 151: Foundations of Modern Social Theory, Review of Weber’s Theory of Domination. Professor Iván Szelényi provides a comprehensive review of Weber’s three ideal types of authority. Transcript, audio and video files available.
“Obedience, Authority, and Domination” by Peter Kaufman
Everyday Sociology Blog, July 23, 2014. Short, easy to read explanation of the three types of authority. The author makes a brief connection between Milgram’s obedience to authority and Weber’s ideal types.
Politics: Crash Course Sociology (Video)
Abstract: Today we’re looking at the sociological approach to politics, different types of authority and political systems, and different sociological theories of power.