1. SOCIAL ORDER AND DISORDER
POLITICAL LIFE:
SOCIAL ORDER AND DISORDER

2. VARIATION IN TYPES OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
BAND ORGANIZATION
TRIBAL ORGANIZATION
CHIEFDOM ORGANIZATION
STATE ORGANIZATION

3. BAND ORGANIZATION
Fairly small - usually nomadic
Politically autonomous
Informal authority
Egalitarian hunter-gatherers

4. TRIBAL ORGANIZATION
Egalitarian food producers
Higher population density
Sedentary
Clans and age-sets

5. CHIEFDOM ORGANIZATION
Formal authority structures
Densely populated
Permanent communities
Social ranking

6. STATE ORGANIZATION
Centralized government
Class stratification
Intensive agriculture
Commercial exchange
Extensive foreign trade

7. RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT
Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
Avoidance
Community Action
Negotiation and Mediation
Ritual Reconciliation - apology
Oaths and Ordeals
Adjudication, courts, and codified law

8. RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT
Violent Resolution of Conflict
Individual Violence
Feuding
Raiding
Large-scale confrontations

9. EXPLANING WARFARE PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES MODERN TIMES AND WARFARE
Fear of natural disasters
MODERN TIMES AND WARFARE
Developing allied relations
Military buildup
Trading disputes