SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kinship Terminology, Social Conflict
19 Feb 2018
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Kinship terminology refers to kin terms used to describe biological and/or social relatedness. Kindred reciprocate labour for labour to help grow crops. Marriages for women are arranged by male kin to form alliances with other groups (sister exchange). Authority - the ability to take action through an ascribed or achieved status. Influence: the ability to achieve a desired end by exerting social or moral pressure. To make decisions on behalf of the people. Supernatural punishment may results from breaking them (religion) They are reinforced by the machinery of society. (force)
