ANT102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Pastoralism, Ethnocide, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Legal anthropology: the study of socially accepted ways of maintaining social order and resolving conflict. Politics: the organized use of public power, not the more private micro-politics of family and domestic groups. Power: the ability to take action in the face of resistance, through force if necessary. Authority: the ability to take action based on a person"s achieved or ascribed status or moral reputation. Differs from power in two ways: (1)power is backed up by the potential use of force, and (2) power can be wielded by an individual who lacks authority. Influence: the ability to achieve a desired end by exerting social or moral pressure on someone or some group. Unlike authority, influence may be exerted from a low-status, marginal position. Big-man system/big-woman system: a form of political organization midway between tribe and chiefdom and involving reliance on the leadership of key individuals who develop a political following through personal ties and redistributive feasts.
