The leader is seen as having a gift of super human or divine powers. This type of authority can threaten the other two types of power and authority or it can serve as an alternative to the other two when the other two types have broken down. When the charismatic leaders dies, his or her power usually dies with them. Their successors will generally attempt to routinize their leaders charm, which generally doesn't work. C. Legal-Rational Authority Weber considered traditional authority as impeding capitalist economic growth.
Capitalism is based on forms of organization that require careful calculation rather than habit.
As capitalism developed, traditional authority gave way to legal-rational authority. People believe in laws rather than in tradition. Leaders are legitimate as long as they obey the laws Laws are enacted through formal bureaucratic procedure. State and Government Our focus to date has been on issues concerning social class. Social classes, however, are not the only power contenders in society.