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Politics, Government, Law, and Conflict

Learning Objectives

After finishing this chapter, students should be able to understand:
  • Understand the concepts of political organization including leadership, power, authority, influence.
  • Understand the difference between informal leadership, headman, chieftainship, state.
  • Understand the forms of alliances and factions within states.
  • Understand the operation of political structures within states in postcolonial systems.
  • Understand the expression of alliance and factions in the United States.




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