Week 14 Flashcards
Economic and Political Anthropology
They look more at the more lived experiences that are a result of economic and political policy
Applied Anthropology
using data and methods to solve contemporary problems
Overinnovation
Trying to get to much change to quickly
Underdifferentiation
Seeing all poorer nations as the same and ignore diversity
Equity
Reducing poverty and evening our wealth
Economy
The production, distribution, and consumption of resources
Mode of production
Way of organizing production
Means of production
Land, Labor, Tech, Capital, Knowledge
Industrial societies
Industrial soc. Is driven by use of tech for mass production.
Reciprocity
Exchange between equals like kinship, marriage, coles personal ties. Ex: Gift exchange
Redistribution
Flow of goods in a center
The Market Principle
Buying, selling, and valuation a based on supply and demand
Power
The ability to exercise one’s will over others
Authority
The formal society approves the use of power
States
Form of government with internally specialized hierarchically organized apparatus. They also exert control of a territory and have monopoly on legitimate use of force