ANTHROP 2202H Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Family Affairs, Indirect Rule, Ascribed Status
19 Aug 2016
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Chapter 6: what is the political , anthropologist approach is global and comparative and includes nonstates, power: ability to exercise one"s will over others, authority: socially approved use of power, sociopolitical organization. Types and trends: four levels of political organization. Form of sociopolitical organization usually based on small kin-based group. Form of sociopolitical organization usually based on horticulture or pastoralism; socioeconomic rule is absent; no means of enforcing political decisions. Form of sociopolitical organization intermediate between the tribe and the state; kin-based with differential access to resources; permanent political structure. Complex sociopolitical system that administers a territory and populace with substantial contrasts in occupation, wealth, prestige and power; an independent, centrally organized political unit: sociopolitical typology. Classification scheme based on the scale and complexity of social organization and the effectiveness of political regulation. Descend from herders who were pushed into desert by poverty or oppression. The means by which disputes are socially regulated and settled; found in all societies.
