IS-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vine Deloria Jr., Kinship
11 Oct 2018
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Chapter 2: the land and indigenous political economy: political and economic setting. Indigenous populations developed unique political and economic processes specific to their environments. People seem similar in how they organize politically and manage local resources. But every society develops it own mechanisms for determining collectively how those resources will be allocated. Questions concerning how much will be produced and its distribution require careful consideration: political economy. Political economy reflects how societies balance the interplay among politics, law, and economics. It helps us uncover how particular mixes of political and economic activities emerge and who benefits. Discern how the forces of politics and economics influence community development. Determine how community-based ideologies related to consumption and leadership are structured. The study of the environment"s influence on indigenous political institutions and economic ideologies as these respond to prevailing ecological forces and the dynamics associated with creation. Applying these ideas helps us to challenge non-native standards of academic exploration.
