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The Theory of Social and Economic Organization.
Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber, A. M. Henderson, Talcott Parsons
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Abstract
The Theory of Social and Economic Organization grew out of Weber’s philosophical inquiries into the nature of authority and how it is transmitted. He identified three types of authority: the charismatic, based on the individual qualities of a leader and reverence for them among his or her followers; the traditional, based on custom and usage; and the rational-legal, based on the rule of objective law.