It was the patriarchal model of authority itself, not just those perched atop its summit, that stood in danger of being blown away.
"Since then, as the judge emphasised today, Warwickshire has become a model fire authority and our training is some of the finest in the country.
The Nasserite state succeeded in delivering material security to much of its population, but it was based on a strictly paternal model of authority: the highest ranks of the military would rule in the interests of everybody, and everybody would be grateful for their munificence.
The paper provides a model where authority relaionships are founded on reputation.
According to the general social contract model, political authority is grounded in an agreement (often understood as ideal, rather than real) among individuals, each of whom aims in this agreement to advance his rational self-interest by establishing a common political authority over all.
The final gender stratified JEM included 5 variables representing the control-demand model (decision authority, skills discretion, job demands, job control and job strain) and variables emotional demands and working with people (clients, customers, students, pupils).
They and others hope it serves as a model for authorities worldwide facing persistent drought, predicted water shortages and projected growth.
Napoleon and Mussolini both modelled their authority on Caesar as a statesman of immense power and popular support, but we write their lives very differently.
He built his models of authority — and of charm — from the outside in: a sum of clothes, accouterments, settings, and gestures....Many a body constructed by Ingres might fall apart if it undertook to walk across a room.
