Study Guide for Weber’s Ideal Types of Social Action and Authority

1)What is social action?

2)What is rational social action?
 
 

3)What are the two types? Explain them.
 
 

4)What is non-rational social action?
 
 

5)What are the two types? Explain them.
 
 

6)What is the relationship between the types of social action and the types of legitimacy of a social order?
 
 

7)What is the definition of authority?
 
 

8)What are the three types of authority?
 
 
 

9)What are four characteristics of an organization based on rational-legal authority?
 
 

10)What is an organization based on rational-legal authority called?
 
 
 

11)What are four characteristics of an organization based on traditional authority?
 

12)What is charismatic authority?
 

13)What are four characteristics of an organization based on charismatic authority?