Traditional_Authority

Traditional Authority In this essay I will be analyzing a political group I am currently involved in, and that group is my family. In my family we have a set of rules that are applied and enforced by my parents. This type of authority, also known as Legitimacy, is called Traditional Authority. Traditional Authority is a person or persons that are placed into a position of leadership usually by age. For example, some villages have a person that is leader of the whole village and it is usually the village elder. In my case my parents had my brother and me, that was when they became in charge because they’re my parents and I have a moral obligation to them. While my parents are in charge they take care of my brother and me by providing shelter, food, discipline, etc. They also make up the rules and enforce them. The problem with that is my parents could abuse their power. For example, they could make my brother and me do everything from mowing the lawn to painting the house while they sit on their butt all day and do nothing. There are strong parents, rules, help, brother, authority, house, family, because, make, don’t, charge, type, traditional, person, out, order, need, each, care, whole, weak, village, turn, told, things, take, source, set, really, power, points, persons, obey, needs, mine