POLGOV: Power

• Power


  Authority, formal or legal as distinguished from personal power
• Traditional Authority


  • Authority based on ancient customs, traditions, or conventions
• Legal-Rational Authority


  • Based upon acceptance of publicly articulated, society-wide rules and regulations issued by duly authorized public officials
• Eminent Domain


  • The property taken must be private property, within constitutional sense, for public use, just compensation must be paid (on time), and there must be due process of law
• Taxation


  The power to collect a proportionate amount from the people to defray the expenses of the government
• Expertise Power


  • Leader possesses superior information and ability; information can be used to blackmail
• Coercive Power


  • The most easily recognizable source of power, the follower's belief that the leader has the power to punish him for non-compliance
• Referent Support


  • Popular support minimizes the need to use coercive power or reward power to obtain compliance with the decision of the government
• Police Power


  Power that can be delegated to the president, power that promotes and protects public health, public safety, public morals, economic security
• Charismatic Authority


  • Refers to people's following a leader because they believe that he or she has extraordinary personal qualities that command their obedience
• Legitimate Power


  The surest avenues to power
• Double Taxation


  Taxing the same person twice by the same jurisdictions for the same thing or purpose
• Reward Power


  • The follower's belief that the leader has resources- benefits that will help the follower in reaching his goals and meet his needs
• Eminent Domain


  The power of the nation or the sovereign state to take, or authorize the taking of private property for public use without the owner's consent, conditioned upon payment of just compensation
• Roles


  The set of patterned expectations about behaviors that the members of society attach to a position in an institution
• Lifeblood Theory states that our government cannot exercise power without taxes