These three forms of authority are said to appear in a "hierarchical development order"; [[state]]s progress from charismatic authority, to traditional authority, and finally reach the state of rational-legal authority which is characteristic of a modern [[liberal democracy]]. | These three forms of authority are said to appear in a "hierarchical development order"; [[state]]s progress from charismatic authority, to traditional authority, and finally reach the state of rational-legal authority which is characteristic of a modern [[liberal democracy]]. |