Category: Authority

Some of the  most important kinds of authority are: (a) authority based on force (b) constitutional (c) charismatic authority (d) religious authority (e) divine right authority (f) ancestral heritage authority (g) authority of the elite (h) traditional authority and (i) rational legal authority.

Authority: it’s  Source, Sanction and Other Information! The concept of authority is closely linked with the concept of power. Authority means legitimate power. Hamuel Arendt portrays authority as power based on consent.

Some of the important characteristics of authority are:(a) legitimacy (b) dominance (c) an informal power (d) rationality and (e) accountability. Legitimacy, dominance, informality, rationality and accountability are the characteristics of authority.