SOCIAL ORDER AND DISORDER POLITICAL LIFE: SOCIAL ORDER AND DISORDER
VARIATION IN TYPES OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION BAND ORGANIZATION TRIBAL ORGANIZATION CHIEFDOM ORGANIZATION STATE ORGANIZATION
BAND ORGANIZATION Fairly small - usually nomadic Politically autonomous Informal authority Egalitarian hunter-gatherers
TRIBAL ORGANIZATION Egalitarian food producers Higher population density Sedentary Clans and age-sets
CHIEFDOM ORGANIZATION Formal authority structures Densely populated Permanent communities Social ranking
STATE ORGANIZATION Centralized government Class stratification Intensive agriculture Commercial exchange Extensive foreign trade
RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT Peaceful Resolution of Conflict Avoidance Community Action Negotiation and Mediation Ritual Reconciliation - apology Oaths and Ordeals Adjudication, courts, and codified law
RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT Violent Resolution of Conflict Individual Violence Feuding Raiding Large-scale confrontations
EXPLANING WARFARE PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES MODERN TIMES AND WARFARE Fear of natural disasters MODERN TIMES AND WARFARE Developing allied relations Military buildup Trading disputes