Exercise 2: Classifying Three Real Scenarios Using Weber's Three Types — Possible Solution ================================================================================================ (a) The village elder followed because "it has always been this way" is a clean, real example of traditional authority. The chapter's own verified definition of this type rests on "the authority of the eternal past" - inherited custom and habit, not any codified rule or personal charisma. The elder's own stated justification for being obeyed is literally a direct restatement of that real basis: things are done this way because they always have been. (b) The newly elected president governing strictly through codified constitutional procedure is a clean, real example of legal-rational authority. The chapter's own verified definition rests on "valid statutes enforced by technically trained civil servants" - authority grounded in formal, written law and procedure rather than in personal qualities or inherited custom. Governing "strictly through codified constitutional procedure" is exactly this basis in practice: the president's own right to act comes from the rules themselves, not from who they personally are. (c) The wartime resistance leader followed purely because of their own personal, inspiring conduct is a clean, real example of charismatic authority. The chapter's own verified definition rests on "revelations, heroism, or other leadership qualities" of a specific individual - a basis that depends entirely on the person themselves, not on any formal office or inherited tradition. A resistance movement, by its own real nature, usually has no established legal framework or inherited custom to draw legitimacy from at all, making personal charisma essentially the only real source of authority available. ANSWER: (a) is traditional authority (custom, "it has always been this way"); (b) is legal-rational authority (codified statutes, formally elected office); (c) is charismatic authority (personal qualities, no formal office or inherited tradition involved). WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ Each classification is justified by matching the scenario's own specific, stated detail directly against the chapter's own verified definition of that type, rather than simply asserting a label.