Political Order, Disorder, and Social Control: Who Decides?
Political Order, Disorder, and Social Control: Who Decides?
Chapter 10 outlines the major types of political organization used by the world's cultures including bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. The chapter explores how different societies control the behavior of its members. Social stratification, informal and formal social control, and the difference between power and authority are important concepts for you to understand. At the completion of this chapter students should be able to:
Examine concepts used in the cross-cultural study of political systems
Describe the cross-cultural forms of political organization
