Ch. 11 Flashcards
Societies lacking formal political structure and where decisions are often embedded in the family; typically egalitarian, hunting/gathering societies
Band Societies
The ways in which power is distributed in a society to control people’s behaviour and maintain social order
Political Organization
The process that brings disparate people under the control of a single political system
Political Integration
Small-scale societies that have local informal leaders but no centralized leadership
Tribal Societies
A form of political organization in which political authority is likely to reside with a single individual or chief and his/her advisors
Chiefdom
A particular type of political structure that is hierarchical, bureaucratic, centralized, and has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force to implement its policies
State
Specific tasks expected of a person or group. such as law enforcement, tax collection, dispute settlement, recruitment of labour, and protection from outside invasions
Specialized Political Roles
A form of government controlled by a leader who holds absolute power and denies popular participation in decision making
Autocratic State
A political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible
Totalitarian State
A form of nation state in which the power rests with a single individual or family within which power is inherited
Monarchy
A nation-state in which one individual holds power
Dictatorship
A nation-state in which ultimate power rests with a deity or god
Theocracy
A form of government in which power rests with the citizens, who periodically elect members of their society to some form of assembly to represent them in decision making
Representative Democracy
A direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal
Referendum
The right to vote
Suffrage
