1. Legitimacy and Authority:
Obey without question
Obey most of the time, but question why.
Only obey when it suits you
Disobey more often than obey.
Which of the sections do the following groups fit into for you?
Parents
Police
Teachers
Head teacher
Friends
Government directives
Younger siblings
Older siblings
Social media influences.
News outlets.
IB KEY WORD DEFINITION: Legitimacy - 'Refers to an actor or action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of government and other ways of exercising power over others'
Weber – Elements that a state system needs to develop legitimacy
Tradition
Legal basis
Charisma
Lead to states providing citizens basic needs and therefore becoming legitimate.

2. Venezuela Case study
Reasons for the lack of legitimacy of the Maduro government
Ways in which the authority of the state has been challenged.
As you read be questioning how has the government failed to provide for the citizens basic needs and how have they lost any legitimacy that may have existed under Chavez?

3. Power and Authority reading
Paragraph
Notes
Answer
1 - 2
What is the difference between Power and Authority? Example in the US? 3
What kind of Power does Saddam Hussein hold in the article?
4 - 5
How did the September 11th 2001 attacks affect the authority of the US?
6 - 7
How might ‘acting alone’ be particularly damaging to the authority of the US?
8 - 9
Why might the US start to be seen as the real villain rather than Saddam?
What is the problem for the US being seen as having only Power not authority? (real threat=terrorism)
How might the long term job of rebuilding Iraq be a further issue for US authority?