State weakness is widely cited as a factor in civil war but it is often unclear what this statement implies or even if it is more than a tautology. ... Two aspects of state strength are derived from theory: coercive capacity and institutional authority. Empirical states can be described in terms of how well they conform to...
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Authority in management is the formal or legitimate authority specified in a charter gives a project manager the authority to act in the name of the sponsoring executive or on behalf on the organizat...
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Privatization of State Coercive Authority: From Compact Back to Combat?*1. BO Image TJAN ZALAR. Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, ...
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Thus the communist Friedrich Engels wonders "[H]ow these people propose to run a factory, operate a railway or steer a ship without having in the last resort one deciding will, without single management, they of course do not tell us." He continues: "The authority of the majority over the minority also ceases.
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Among the more problematic features identified include a reliance on an interpretation of liberal theory that muddles the distinction between rights and authority, and confusion regarding ... As a result, the attempt to justify the delegation of coercive authority from the state to private agencies is questioned.
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“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon ... You are currently browsing the Against Coercive Authority blog archives for the day Thursday, July 10th, 2008.
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While the influence of duty, discipline, and loyalty were long recognized as shaping factors of behavior, only recently was the supreme position of this social force (obedience to authority) fully appreciated. Putting it far at the head of the line where it belongs has been a show stopper.
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Authority legitimated by the acceptance of historical institutional arrangements, the belief in the sanctity of tradition, patterns of social relations, and the fact they exist now, that they "are," i.e., existing institutions gain legitimacy because they have come through time to exist in their present states as well as ...
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"An anarchist society, lacking any central coercive authority, would quickly degenerate into violent chaos." ... Any state (bourgeois or working class) was considered an oppressive power tout court - not as the organization of a particular class's coercive power. The 'state' in consequence, rather than the existence of...
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