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Authority is the power to command. Authority or The Authority may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media *''Authority (album)'', a 2014 album by British electronic music group Client *Authority (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), "Authority" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''), a ninth-season episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' *''Authority (Southern Reach Trilogy)'', a 2014 book by Jeff VanderMeer, the second book in the Southern Reach trilogy *The Authority (comics), ''The Authority'' (comics), superhero comic book published by DC Comics, under the Wildstorm imprint, debuting in 1999 *''The Authority (His Dark Materials), The Authority'', ''His Dark Materials'' character who debuts in the 2000 novel ''The Amber Spyglass'' *''The Authority'', used by the autonomous council of vampire hierarchs in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' novels and the TV series ''True Blood'' based on the novels Internet *Authority, a grading of a blog's worthiness, used by Tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Authority
In the fields of sociology and political science, authority is the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. In a civil state, ''authority'' is practiced in ways such a judicial branch or an executive branch of government.''The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought'' Third Edition, Allan Bullock and Stephen Trombley, Eds. p. 115. In the exercise of governance, the terms ''authority'' and ''power'' are inaccurate synonyms. The term ''authority'' identifies the political legitimacy, which grants and justifies the ruler's right to exercise the power of government; and the term ''power'' identifies the ability to accomplish an authorized goal, either by compliance or by obedience; hence, ''authority'' is the ''power'' to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution. History Ancient history, Ancient understandings of authority trace back to Ancient Rome, Rome and draw later from Catholic (Thomism, Thomistic) thought and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
