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Political Anthropology (Hardcover)
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Politics: a static network of structural and functional models? Is
it a "given" set of rules, statuses and procedures? Or a dynamic
process, a continuum related to the past as well as to the present
and continually influenced by pressures within and outside of a
society? Taking the latter view of the nature of political
behavior, the editors of Political Anthropology here present an
original compilation of papers that thoroughly assess contemporary
anthropological research and theory on political phenomena and
explore the sources and maintenance of political power. One of the
aims of this book is to take tentative steps toward resolving the
developing crisis by investigating the structure of political
action revealed in empirical data. Within the general framework of
political dynamics the book uses processes such as decision making,
the judicial process, the disturbance and settlement of policy
issues, the application of sanctions, and the outcome of disputes
among other things. These items will find their places as
components of phases in the major sequence. Investigating societies
from Africa to Alaska, politics is shown to be a global
phenomenon--a "human process of action" centering on the conflict
between the "common good" and "interests of groups," and on the
resolution or extension of that conflict by the religious,
structural, sociocultural, and psychological pressures within and
external to a social grouping. Essential reading for anyone
concerned with the nature of political process, Political
Anthropology presents a fresh, important and comprehensive overview
of the "wind of change" currently abroad in the study of political
behavior.
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