Exam 4: Max Weber

Which of the following did Max Weber use to define class? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Ritzer's elaboration of Weber's ideas, formal rationality entailed which of the following? Select all, but only those that apply.

Max Weber argued ______ authority is based on the exemplary character of an individual leader.

Because Weber's authority types are ideal, these concepts are easier to apply to positions of power (like a judge) rather than actual people in power (like Judge Judy). To illustrate this aspect of ideal typical conceptualizations of authority, describe how an actual person in power actually has a certain amount of each type of authority rather than just one type over another.

Max Weber thought a bureaucracy is the purest type of rational-legal authority.

According to Max Weber, which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following type(s) of rationality exist throughout all of history? Select all, but only those that apply.

Actual leaders tend to have a mix of legitimate authority types that are often in tension and even conflict with one another.

What type of rationality rejects abstract logic in order to efficiently deal with the difficulties of everyday life?

Max Weber's concept of ______ referred to a community of people who have a similar level of social honor or respect.