Flashcards
Anthropology—Political Systems
Cards in this deck (19)
- 1BandSmall flexible foraging group that migrates seasonally
- 2Simple BandsIndependent political units made up of maximum one extended family that has an informal political leader
- 3Composite BandsIndependent political units made up of several extended families that live together (for the most part)
- 4Big MenPolitcal leaders without offices who have leadership by influence and not authority
- 5InfluenceThe ability to suggest to people to act a certain way
- 6AuthorityAbility to command someone to act a certain way . A recognized right and actual power
- 7TribesIndependent political unit that includes many different geographically dispersed communities held together by sodalities
- 8SodalitiesFormal institutions that bridge geographically distant groups. Can be based on kin groups or not
- 9ChiefdomsCentralized political systems where authority is a recognized office or title that can be hereditary
- 10StatesA centralized political unit that has a bureaucracy that acts on the behalf of the ruling elite
- 11Social ControlThe diverse ways in which behaviours of individuals are constrained to socially acceptable channels. A way to maintain conformity
- 12LawHighest level of social control that has the presence of authority. Has the intention of universal application, sanction, and obligation
- 13Self-Help Legal SystemsAn informal legal system that does not have a centralized political system and settles disputes by the circumstance of the case
- 14FeudA method of dispute settlement in self-help legal systems where members of two or more kin groups kill each other in a "balanced" way
- 15Court Legal SystemsSystems where the authority for settling disputes is in a single individual or group
- 16Incipient CourtsCourt systems where members of the judicial system meet and talk about disputes. Is not a formal systems
- 17Courts of MediationCourt systems where the judges focus on creating a compromise that will appease both groups
- 18Courts of RegulationCourt systems that use codified laws (have rights, duties, and sanctions)
- 19Reasonable Person ModelOne of those self help bracelets that says "How would a reasonable person act in this situation?"