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14 Pages • Topic Notes • Year: Pre-2021
Power comes in many different forms and is linked to either fear or reward. Throughout history, some people and groups have held power because of their physical or military strength. Others have wielded power because they have been wealthy or controlled other people's or groups' finances. Therefore, having strength and wealth has historically often meant having power. Regardless of whether power comes from strength or wealth, all of the dictatorships that you will study attained power and held on to it because they were able to command the obedience other their people. Their power to control their population came from a combination of fear and reward: the fear of punishment and the hope of reward. Rewards could be in the form of higher wages, better housing or status; that is, rank within society. Authority is a little more complex. Authority can be found in different forms depending on where in the world you are. For example, in a democracy, authority lies with the people as they allocate the positions of power. In some countries there are theocracies where authority is determined by religion and power is given to those who have a divine mandate to rule. In militarists countries, the army holds authority as the power lies with those who receive loyalty from the army.
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