When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Traditional authority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_authority

    Traditional authority is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a regime is largely tied to tradition or custom. Reasons for the given state of affairs include belief that tradition is inherently valuable and a more general appeal to tradition .

  3. Tripartite classification of authority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_classification...

    traditional authority (patriarchs, patrimonialism, feudalism) and; rational-legal authority (modern law and state, bureaucracy). These three types are ideal types and rarely appear in their pure form. According to Weber, authority (as distinct from power (German: Macht)) is power accepted as legitimate by those subjected to it. The three forms ...

  4. Authority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority

    Ancient understandings of authority trace back to Rome and draw later from Catholic thought and other traditional understandings. In more modern terms, forms of authority include transitional authority (exhibited in, for example, Cambodia), [6] public authority in the form of popular power, and, in more administrative terms, bureaucratic or managerial techniques.

  5. Traditionalist conservatism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionalist_conservatism

    Traditional authority is a common tenet of conservatism, albeit expressed in different forms. Alexandre Kojève distinguished between two forms of traditional authority: the father (fathers, priests, monarchs) and the master (aristocrats, military commanders). [ 20 ]

  6. Rational-legal authority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational-legal_authority

    This authority is liked by many individuals for two main reasons: the inheritance of past generations and religiousness that the societies have. Traditional authority is based on a tradition or custom that is followed by the traditional leaders. In traditional authority, status is a key concept.

  7. List of titles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles

    This is a list of personal titles arranged in a sortable table. They can be sorted: Alphabetically; By language, nation, or tradition of origin; By function. See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today.

  8. Traditional leadership of Namibia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_leadership_of...

    Traditional leadership of Namibia is a governing structure in Namibia based on the ethnicity of the indigenous people of the territory. Acceptance of a traditional authority is vested in the Government of Namibia, executed by the minister of Urban and Rural Development. There are 51 recognised traditional authorities and a further 40 pending ...

  9. Category:Authority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Authority

    Pages in category "Authority" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Traditional authority; Tripartite classification of authority