Chapter 13 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Economic institution | institution that determines how goods and services are produced and distributed |
| political institution | institution that determines how power is obtained and exercised |
| power | the ability to control the behavior of others |
| coercion | control through force |
| authority | power accepted as legitimate by those subject to it |
| charismatic authority | authority that arises from the personality of an individual |
| traditional authority | forms of authority in which the legitimacy of a leader is rooted in custom |
| rational-legal-authority | form of authority in which the power of government officials is based on the offices they hold |
| representative democracy | a system of government that uses elected officials to fulfill majority wishes |
| totalitarianism | a political system in which a ruler with absolute power attempts to control aspects of a society |
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