SOSA 1050Y Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Inequality, Marvin Harris, Imagined Communities

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Soc & Social Anthropology
• Course: SOSA 1050Y
• Professor: Laura G.Eramian

Document Summary

Systems do not exist unless we participate in them. White privilege: inequalities have histories, and the world can be different. Political system: any system that contains process of making and carrying out public policy, according to cultural categories and rules. Public policy: guidelines for action or decision-making (that affects the collective). Legal system: cultural knowledge for settling disputes by means of agents who are recognized as having the authority to do so. Political systems are not necessarily outlined in an explicit way in all societies; they can be present in kinship systems that influence the policy and decision-making process and in the social mechanisms by which groups produce order. Decisions are made collectively, although a hierarchy does exist (lead members/elders) Convincing and pressuring but not a coercive authority figure. Full time, formal position with many responsibilities including agriculture and ruling" allied tribes. Centralized government that monopolizes the legitimate use of force over a certain population and territory.