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Introducing Western Sociologists
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Explain the meaning of following the terms/words : Power, Authority, Ideal Type
Solution
1. Power : It is defined simply as an actor’s opportunity to impose his will on another even against the resistance of the other.
2. Authority or domination implies a probability of obtaining willing obedience. Power is transformed into authority or domination when it gets legitimacy or willing obedience of the governed to the governors.
3. Ideal Type : An ideal type is a selection of certain elements, certain traits or characteristics which are distinctive and relevent to the phenomenon under study. In a way, it is an exaggerate picture of a particular reality. Idelal type is a mental construct.
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