historical perspective

prim to complex---avoid this

political
complex state society
sustainability
in no way

1. informal leadership---inuit, eskimo

foraging
leader with no authority
non-sedentary ie nomadic

about humans
lets not speak of alpha male

2. Band-level  org
kin
family
no special status for leader
influence ability
non-sedentary ie nomadic

3. tribe
leaders on a part time basis
no permanent leader
loyalty there---no need to exert force
usually avoided


big man larger than life
achieved status (diff than ascribed status)
can be challenged by other aspiring big men

big woman society

4. chiefdom
fixed rank
fixed succession
powr
highrank

primogeniture
orig first seeds of class consciousness
arose aristoi
high class
and the lower commoners, common folk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoi

division of society

5. confederacy
league of five nations
the iroquois
inspired our nation-style

fledgling us colonies so impressed they imitated and came up with colonies
stole articles of confederation from them
nothing united the colonies
allowed to keep autonomy

6. state
social stratification full blown
caste system
class
kinship consciousness---superceded by kinship
rest assured we have a class/caste
 system too
not just india

crypto-class system

resources not open to all
dreaded bureaucracy
control of resources orig
chiefdom and states
diff

we pay taxes
instead of tribute
police military courts

typology of political systems
either

egalitarian--high status as peeps capable of filling them
open to all
informal bands and tribes
substantivist economics--reciprocity, redistribution

ranked--economy--stratified redistribution

stratified system characterized---not = access
achievment or by birth
caste
patriarchal
exclude women from participation

why are things unequal
why patriarchal?
why state retrogressive?


states wit little or no military, have more women in power, prominent role in govt


the more militarized the more shut out women are from politics
costa rica
india has a lot of high ranking

peace keeping forces of women to dissolve war---scott speaks--
margaret thatcher anomoly

diff btw empire and state

empire
globalization
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