ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Political Organisation, Ascribed Status, Political Anthropology
14 Mar 2017
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Make decisions and solve problems related to maintaining social order. Hedican- political economy: the role of leadership, political authority, and power in production, distribution, and consumption of goods and service. Politics- decision making and how it affects human affairs. And in families (central units in all aspects of life) Institutions and procedures in a society that are related to decision making, conflict resolution, and social control. Interested in- extent to which politics and everyday life are the same thing (role of leader and size of society) Hedican reminds us this is not an evolutionary model: bands. Small groups of kin, numbering in 20+ people (sometimes 100+) Everyday life is the same as political life (indistinct) Just about anyone can lead if they have skills that are needed (situational leadership: tribal. A group of bands: share a language, culture, territory. Authority- right to take action by achievement (skills) but increasing by. Centralized power in the offices of a chief .
