Political systems and the distribution of power
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Political systems and the distribution of power
(Routledge library editions, . Anthropology and ethnography . Theory of anthropology ; 1)
Routledge, 2004, c1965
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Derives from material presented at a Confernce on 'New Approches in Social Anthropology' sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, held at Jesus College, Cambridge, 24-30 June 1963" -- Original t.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: London : Tavistock Publications, 1965
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government and the presence or absence of state institutions. Recently, interest has shifted to the study of power, to examining the manipulation of political relations, and to the task of elaborating a classification of governmental systems that will throw light on the important problems for research.
First published in 1965.
Table of Contents
1. F.G. Bailey Decisions by Consensus in Councils and Committees: with special Reference to Village and Local Government in India 2. Ralph W. Nicholas Factions: a Comparative Analysis 3. Peter C. Lloyd The Political Structure of African Kingdoms: An Exploratory Model 4. Aidan Southall A Critique of the Typology of States and Political Systems
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