"The legitimate power which one person or a group holds over another.
The element of legitimacy is vital to the notion of authority
and is the main means by which authority is distinguished
from the more general concept of power.
Power can be exerted by the use of force or violence.
Authority, by contrast, depends on the acceptance
by subordinates of the right of those above them
to give them orders or directives. "
[Anthony Giddens, Sociology. London: Polity Press, 1997:581]
The element of legitimacy is vital to the notion of authority
and is the main means by which authority is distinguished
from the more general concept of power.
Power can be exerted by the use of force or violence.
Authority, by contrast, depends on the acceptance
by subordinates of the right of those above them
to give them orders or directives. "
[Anthony Giddens, Sociology. London: Polity Press, 1997:581]
