Power, legitimacy, and authority

Clegg, S

Power, legitimacy, and authority

Clegg, S

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Citation:: Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory, 2021, pp. 250-259
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-11T04:22:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-11T04:22:49Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory, 2021, pp. 250-259
dc.identifier.isbn	9780367629090
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164860
dc.description.abstract	Max Weber provides foundations for any discussion of power, legitimacy, and authority. These foundations have been a contested source of translation at the core of which is the meaning of the German term Herrschaft. Hence, the chapter begins by discussing Weber and Parsons’ translation of this term as authority rather than domination. What differentiates the latter two terms is the precise calibration of legitimacy. Parsons’ work on power and legitimacy is brought into focus, before discussion of further elaborations of the conceptualization of legitimacy by Suchman. Suchman’s concepts of legitimacy relate to contemporary debates about power, centered on the work of Lukes. Lukes’ contributions highlight a persistent theme in the chapter concerning the grounds of consent to power relations as the central element determining the legitimacy of these as either domination or authority.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.relation.ispartof	Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781003111399-20
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	Power, legitimacy, and authority
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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dc.date.updated	2023-01-11T04:22:44Z
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Abstract:

Max Weber provides foundations for any discussion of power, legitimacy, and authority. These foundations have been a contested source of translation at the core of which is the meaning of the German term Herrschaft. Hence, the chapter begins by discussing Weber and Parsons’ translation of this term as authority rather than domination. What differentiates the latter two terms is the precise calibration of legitimacy. Parsons’ work on power and legitimacy is brought into focus, before discussion of further elaborations of the conceptualization of legitimacy by Suchman. Suchman’s concepts of legitimacy relate to contemporary debates about power, centered on the work of Lukes. Lukes’ contributions highlight a persistent theme in the chapter concerning the grounds of consent to power relations as the central element determining the legitimacy of these as either domination or authority.

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