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The sources of power depend on obedience and cooperation
These six sources of political power are necessary to establish or retain power and control. Their availability, however, is sub- ject to constant variation and is not necessarily secure.
The more extensive and detailed the rulers’ control over the population and society, the more such assistance they will require from individuals, groups, organizations, and branches of the gov- ernment. If these needed “assistants” reject the rulers’ authority, they may then carry out the rulers’ wishes and orders ineffi- ciently, or may even flatly refuse to continue their usual assis- tance. When this happens, the total effective power of the rulers is reduced. Weiterlesen »





