Social Sciences and History / Unit 9 SSH 0828 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Sovereignty
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The idea
Power is the ability to get other actors to do what they would not otherwise choose, unmeasurable. Sovereign power is ruled by no one else. Authority is the power to enforce rules; it is legitimate when used consistently with those rules.
In practice
Bargaining: the attempt to resolve conflict.
Where people slip
State, nation and country are three different key terms.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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