Political influence is the power sought for by politically active persons like legislators, ministers, leaders, etc. For some persons it is a source of enjoyment for its own sake, while for others it may be a means to determine or affect a policy. Power is the capacity to produce intended behavior. This capacity can be exercised on the basis of [...]
Often influence and authority are wrongly construed as identical.Political leaders constantly endeavor to magnify their influence but they know well that it is highly flexible, fluid, dynamic, indefinite and uncertain, though at times more effective than power itself. It is personal, relational and relative, depending much upon the nature of influences themselves. Therefore, they remain in search of stabilizing their [...]
Thinkers since ancient times have discussed nature, forms and functions of authority. In modern times Max Weber (1922) has discussed it quite thoroughly. His forms of authority are based on sources of legitimacy: 1. Traditional authority: Subjects or subordinates accept commands of their superiors on the basis of precedents, past history or divine origin. Under this form of authority, delegation [...]