ANTH1102 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I What is Marriage II Marriage Systems III Plural Marriages IV Marriage Rules V Marriage Alliances VI Divorce Outline of Current Lecture I What is Political II Types of Political Systems A Band B Tribe C Chiefdom D State III Social Control and Resistance Current Lecture Political power ability to exercise one s will over others sometimes with force and authority formal socially approved right to use power sociopolitical organization exercise of power and regulation of relations among groups and their representatives decision making dispute management conflict resolution Different kinds of political processes formal and informal force or threat of force nonviolent forms of social control Political systems means by which to manage society how communities direct manage organize structure and influence external community relations community protection internal conflict intersects with social and economic organization Types of Political Systems Band small kin based group of foragers egalitarian believe in reciprocity and sharing e g Inuit men hunt and fish lack formal law Tribe large kin based group horticulturalist pastoralist somewhat egalitarian have village council gender discrimination e g Kapauku egalitarian horti agriculturalists large population Big Man Society organizations kinship lineages sodalities non kin based age and or gender organized conflicts organized hunting Chiefdom centralized with two or more groups horticulturalists redistribution economy ranked society with single leader who lives with his family apart from the society e g Polynesian chiefdoms social status based on kinship descent rank privileged access to power prestige wealth State centralized system of formal gov t specialized makes laws and uses force socially stratified military structure state specializations population control managing tracking organizing populations judiciary laws as explicit codes for behavior enforcement system to enforce laws internal or external e g fines jail prison fiscal fiscal system public treasury or revenues e g IRS Social Control parts of a culture that actively maintain social interactions informal processes of social control Makua Ehaya shame Enretthe sorcery attack Cadeia jail hegemony A Gramsci cultural behavior becomes natural how ruling class maintain order Resistance to control public transcript hidden transcript
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