Response 4: Authority and Power At
Please respond to the following prompt in no less than 300-400 words. In your response, you must fully answer all aspects of the question and support your answer with
reference to course materials (textbook, supplementary readings, videos, etc).
Online students must additionally respond to the submissions of at least two other students in no less than 100 words each.
• Consider Weber’s “types of legitimate domination,” also known as the three major types of authority. Who are the authorities in your life and society, and what type(s)
of authority do you think they possess (or claim to possess)? On what basis do you or other people consider them “legitimate” or illegitimate?
