Question

Robert is walking down the street late at night when a man in a ski mask suddenly sticks a gun in his face and takes his wallet. sociologists would say that robert's mugger had ________ but not ________.

Answer 1

The mugger had power but not authority.
Obviously, the mugger had power over Robert because he had a gun and was threatening Robert's life - there wasn't much that Robert could have done in order to overpower the criminal. However, the mugger didn't have authority because he was wearing a mask - if he did, he wouldn't have had the mask on.