political authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandauthority
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They interpret the burial/offering complexes as an expression ofpoliticalauthorityin ritual and mythical terms.
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Should the relationship between researchers and such communities not instead focus on implementing such a legitimatepoliticalauthority?
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He understood that an adherence to old measures of money and weight smacked of support for old lines ofpoliticalauthority.
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Thepoliticalauthority, headed by prefect and subprefect, was charged with maintaining law and order and representing the state in the province.
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This entails thatpoliticalauthorityglobally must be structured in the form of one or more exclusive territorial jurisdictions.
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Unlike their highland neighbors, they never centralizedpoliticalauthority.
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The first point has to do with the very limited responsibility assigned to and assumed by thepoliticalauthorityin the realm of social assistance.
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This centralized administrative structure led to a highly contentious notion of traditionalpoliticalauthorityamong obas and elites.
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The leader skilfully connects himself with popular sources ofpoliticalauthorityand public appeal.
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An even larger number of regions were quasi-stateless in the sense that formalpoliticalauthoritywas so weak as to constitute virtually stateless social orders.
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It is important to note that the argument should not be read to imply that dispersedpoliticalauthorityis sufficient for policy investment to emerge.
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Put another way, major supply-side reforms including the 'loosening' of labour markets would be induced by apoliticalauthoritylacking political legitimacy.
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Through professional associations and their relations withpoliticalauthorityare ways to observe and theorize about political change under authoritarian regimes.
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This dataset focuses on eight indicators ofpoliticalauthorityand regime type for 177 members of the international system.
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The ' good health ' of all these elements was intrinsically linked to the state agents' 'politicalauthority' and ability to act upon the coffee economy.
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The military regime consolidated itspoliticalauthority, strengthened its policy instruments, and was ideologically committed to economic development.
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Government was regarded as the practical, tangible manifestation of political power, and as something that ultimately underlined the moral and ethical foundations ofpoliticalauthority.
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Politicalauthorityrested on the ability of leaders to effectively distribute the surplus wealth to followers.
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These new practices, however, signaled more than differentiation in social status andpoliticalauthority.
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