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. The state plays an increasingly important role in the political arena. The state is not the same as government.