Power

Power is the ability to make people do what they would not have done under normal circumstance. It is only when a person complies because of the threat of force is the relationship called power. This book clearly explains the types of power like the political power, economic power and ideological power. It examines the sources of power like the election, inheritance and coup d’ état. It casts light on the types of authority like the political authority, traditional authority and charismatic authority. It throws light on legitimacy and discusses it as a factor of political stability in a State. It sheds light on sovereignty and explores the types of sovereignty like the internal, external, legal, political, de facto and de jure sovereignties. It examines the location of sovereignty in modern States and maintains that power is the central concept in the study of Politics.