Unit 1 of Political Science – II (syllabus: Module I — power as a concept, the exercise of political power and the role of government in decision-making, external influences including interest groups and lobbying, and the elite and Marxist theories of power; authority, its features, de jure and de facto, Weber’s classification and the sources of legalised power; the comparison of power with authority; and legitimacy). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.