Chapter 7: Political Anthropology Flashcards
1
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Reverse Dominance
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- societies in which people reject attempts by any individual to exercise power from Christopher Boehm
- form of negative reinforcement
2
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Social Control
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- Why is there a requirement for social order?
- What are the sources of social disorder?
- How pervasive is social control?
3
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Conflict
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- Interpersonal violence
- Warfare
- Political violence
4
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Interpersonal Violence
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physical and emotional abuse
5
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Warfare
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- feuding
- raiding
- conquest
6
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Political Violence
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- terrorism
- rebellions
- coup d’état
- revolutions
7
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Conflict Resolution
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- contest (ex. Inuit song duel)
- mediation (ex. Nuer leopard-skin chief)
- adjudication (ex. Kpelle hot knife ordeal)
8
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2 Types of Political Organization
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- Multicentric
- Unicentric
9
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Multincentric
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- bands
- tribes
10
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Political Organization & Table Pics
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in camera roll
11
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Bands
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- less than 100 people
- mobile hunter-gatherers
- reciprocity
- egalitarian
- depend on wild resources
- temp settlements
ex. San of southern Africa, Inuit
12
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Tribes
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- less than 1000
- segmentary societies
- may have leaders with limited power
- reciprocity
- egalitarian redistribution
- permanent settlements (farmers)
- temporary camps (pastoralists)
13
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Chiefdoms
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- 5000-20000
- society divided into lineages & lineages are ranked
- central accumulation and redistribution; craft specialization
- permanent settlements, ritual centres that may be fortified
14
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States
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- over 20,000
- class based hierarchy under a powerful leader with an army
- tribute, tax; bureaucracy
- cities, towns, smaller outposts
- intensive agriculture
- central government
- Ancient Egypt, Aztec
15
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Government
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an instrument of the state by which the purpose or will of people or their rulers is carried out
