{"id":1018,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/explain-the-relationship-between-power-authority-and-legitimacy-i-upsc-psir-2018-0701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:15","slug":"explain-the-relationship-between-power-authority-and-legitimacy-upsc-psir-2018-0701","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-relationship-between-power-authority-and-legitimacy-upsc-psir-2018-0701\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain the relationship between power, authority and legitimacy."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Three not separate but one continuum \u2192 Authority = Power + Legitimacy R2 Power = the fact of acting.. authority = that fact accepted.. legitimacy = the reason for acceptance<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Power is broadest (Maclver: command of compliance \/ Weber: will despite resistance) \u2192 may rest on force, coercion, reward, manipulation.. force alone produces fear, not authority \u2192 legitimacy = rightfulness, belief of the governed \u2192 converts naked power into rightful authority (Rousseau: strength into right, obedience into duty).. authority = power + willing obedience from duty.. Weber&#039;s three types (traditional \/ charismatic \/ legal-rational) ground rightful rule \u2192 analytically distinct but practically intertwined \u2192 legitimacy lowers the cost of rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Habermas: the process of legitimation matters \u2192 consent can be manufactured in capitalist democracies through party systems and welfare reforms<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 All three indispensable \u2192 where legitimacy fails, authority decays back into naked force R2 Power becomes stable authority only when clothed in legitimacy \u2192 a continuum, not separate compartments<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[52],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1018","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-power-authority-legitimacy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1018\/revisions\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}