
Which type of authority did Max Weber define as based on impersonal rules and legal procedures?
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Options:
- Traditional authority
- Charismatic authority
- Legal-rational authority
- Patrimonial authority
Correct answer: Legal-rational authority
Explanation: Weber's legal‑rational authority rests on codified rules and offices rather than personalities; he outlined the three ideal types in Economy and Society, published posthumously in 1922.
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