Questions: Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about political systems. Government is the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society. Governments are vested with the power and authority to make laws and enforce them. Max Weber defined power as the ability to get others to do one's bidding. When sociologists talk about authority, they are referring to the legitimate, noncoercive exercise of power.

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about political systems.

Government is the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society.

Governments are vested with the power and authority to make laws and enforce them. Max Weber defined power as the ability to get others to do one's bidding. When sociologists talk about authority, they are referring to the legitimate, noncoercive exercise of power.

Transcript text: Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about political systems. Government is the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society. Governments are vested with the power and authority to make laws and enforce them. Max Weber defined power as the ability to get others to do one's bidding. When sociologists talk about authority, they are referring to the legitimate, noncoercive exercise of power.

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Government is the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society.

Governments are vested with the power and authority to make laws and enforce them. Max Weber defined power as the ability to get others to do one's bidding. When sociologists talk about authority they are referring to the legitimate, noncoercive exercise of power.

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