alleryWhich form of authority do most modern states of the 20th and 21st centuries fit?
ATraditional authority
BCharismatic authority
CReligious authority
DRational-legal authority
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Rational-legal authority
Most modern states are run through laws and bureaucracy, the defining features of rational-legal authority.
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