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1、Power,Authority,andtheConstraintofBeliefSystemsAuthor(s):JohnLeviMartinSource:TheAmericanJournalofSociology,Vol.107,No.4(Jan.,2002),pp.861-904Publishedby:TheUniversityofChicagoPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3081249Accessed:27/11/201023:20YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptan
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4、intedpageofsuchtransmission.JSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrusteddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechnologyandtoolstoincreaseproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleaseco
5、ntactsupport@jstor.org.TheUniversityofChicagoPressiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheAmericanJournalofSociology.http://www.jstor.orgPowerAuthorityandtheConstraintofBeliefSystemslJohnLeviMartinRutgersUniversityThisarticleproposesanapproachtostudyingtheformalproperties
6、ofthebeliefsystemsofgroups.Beliefsystemsmaybequantifiedintermsoftheirdegreeofconsensus(thedegreetowhichallgroupmembersagree)andtheirdegreeof"tightness"(thedegreetowhichholdingsomebeliefimpliesholdingornotholdingotherbeliefs).1970theoreticalclaimslinktheproductionoftightnessandconsen-sustoformal
7、propertiesofsocialstructure.Cognitiveauthorityishypothesizedtoproducetightness,asbeliefsthatareinthesamedomainofauthoritativejudgmentmaybeconnectedviawebsofimplications.Theclarityofthepowerstructureishypothesizedtoproduceconsensus
