Editing Traditional authority (section)

{{Short description|Leadership with authority tied to tradition}}
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'''Traditional authority''' is a form of [[leadership]] in which the authority of an [[organization]] or a [[regime]] is largely tied to [[tradition]] or custom. Reasons for the given state of affairs include [[Traditional conservatism|belief that tradition is inherently valuable]] and a more general [[appeal to tradition]].<ref name=rb295>Reinhard Bendix, ''Max Weber: an intellectual portrait'', University of California Press, 1977, p.295</ref>