The Role of Political Authority in Organizing Society: An Analytical View

Abstract

Political authority in society represents a lofty goal upon which the sustainable management and organization of society is based. This right is vested in it by virtue of the law, distinguishing it from other existing authorities in non-political societies, such as clans, tribes, religious authority, the authority of the father in the family, the authority of the head of a party, union, or association, and other authorities to which human groups are subject. All of these are human groups that cannot be formed or sustained unless they are subject to their own authority.

Therefore, the overall political society must be organized and nurtured by political authority, as it is the framework that regulates and regulates the behavior and positions of groups, both formal and informal, which cannot exist in isolation from one another due to the interactions that govern their collective work to the extent that it meets the needs of all, both individuals and groups. In accordance with the above, everyone must have a shared political and societal awareness that society is worthless without existence, organization, management, and stability. This is achieved through the presence of political authority, which organizes it and grants it a distinct entity and the ability to manage intertwined and conflicting relationships and interests to serve the interests of all.