ANTHRO 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Pastoralism

• School: Bloomsburg University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 200
• Professor: Warner

Document Summary

Tribe form of sociopolitical organization usually based on horticulture or pastoralism. Socioeconomic stratification and centralized rule are absent in tribes and there is no means of enforcing political decisions. Chiefdom form of sociopolitical organization intermediate between the tribe and the state; kin-based with differential access to resources and a permanent political structure. State (nation-state) complex sociopolitical system that administers a territory and populace with substantial contrasts in occupation, wealth, prestige, and power. An independent, centrally organized political unit, a government. Sociopolitical typology classification scheme based on the scale and complexity of social organization and the effectiveness of political regulation; includes band, tribe chiefdom, and state. Conflict resolution the means by which disputes are socially regulated and settled; found in all societies, but the resolution methods tend to be more formal and effective in states than in nonstates. Law a legal code, including trial and enforcement; characteristic of state-organized societies.