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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS Flashcards

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is any entity that is participating in a political process.

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Political organization

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TYPES OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS:

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Bands
Tribes
Chiefdoms
States and Nations

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is the least complex form of
political organization, as it has neither a rigid form of governance nor a structured form of leadership. A __ typically consists of 20-50 individuals who are usually related to one another by virtue of kinship.

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band

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is a political organization that consist of segmentary lineages. This type of kinship relation is marked by loyalty per family cluster or
seqment.

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Tribes

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it embodied its characteristics that include a political leader with an advisory council, a leader who exercises power that is based on legitimacy, and the existence of social stratification.

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Chiefdoms

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State level political systems first appeared in societies with large-scale intensive agriculture.

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States and Nations

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Derived from Latin “clique” or “cultus” meaning to cultivate or refine

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Culture

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Tangible items (e.g., dress, food).

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Material Culture

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Intangible beliefs, values, and norms.

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Non-material Culture

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Key Aspects of Culture

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Actions
Language
Space
Identity
History and Experience

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Rituals, myths, customs.

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History and Experience

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Self-awareness, social identity

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Identity

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Social and living spaces.

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Space

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Dialects, symbols.

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Language

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Political systems, religion, science

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Actions

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Culture as a “complex whole” including knowledge, belief, art, morals

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Edward B. Tylor

17
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Culture as “communicated ideas.”

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Robert R. Marrett

18
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Culture as traditions that perpetuate society.

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Radcliffe Brown

19
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Characteristics of Culture

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  1. Learned and shared.
  2. Cumulative and dynamic.
  3. Provides behavioral norms
20
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From Latin socius
(__); denotes individuals sharing
space, interaction, and culture.

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Society
companion

21
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Founder of sociology; views society as greater than individual actions.

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Auguste Comte

22
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Society as an “organic totality” driven by economic forces and historical progress.

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Karl Marx

23
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Society as patterned social interactions.

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George Simmel

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Characteristics of Society

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  1. Abstract nature.
  2. Defined by likeness and difference.
  3. Process-oriented and stratified.
25
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Originates from the Greek
polis (city-state), blending state and society.

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Politics

26
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Characteristics of Politics

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  1. Legal force application.
  2. Social interactions.
  3. Interdependency among parts of society.

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