Political Systems and the Distribution of Power
Published on 26. February 2004
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-415-33059-6 (ISBN)
Description
Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government and the presence or absence of state institutions. Recently, interest has shifted to the study of power, to examining the manipulation of political relations, and to the task of elaborating a classification of governmental systems that will throw light on the important problems for research.
First published in 1965.
First published in 1965.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-33059-6 (9780415330596)
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Content
Introduction, Decisions by Consensus in Councils and Committees: with special Reference to Village and Local Government in India, Factions: a Comparative Analysis, I A sociological definition of faction, II The social organization of factions, III Factions and political change, The Political Structure of African Kingdoms: An Exploratory Model, A model, Factors of change, Three variants, A Critique of the Typology of States and Political Systems, I Typology and generalization, II The range of political action, III The means of generalization