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1 How a Society is Governed Externalized vs. Internalized Controls Internalized Controls cultural control  Self-imposed by individuals.  Rely on such deterrents as shame, fear of divine punishment, and magical retaliation.  Although bands and tribes rely heavily upon them, they are generally insufficient by themselves. Externalized Controls social control and sanctions Positive sanctions reward appropriate behavior. Negative sanctions punish behavior.

2 How a Society is Governed Formal Sanctions  Formal Sanctions are the enforceable rules of a society.  Formal sanctions may involve some form of regulated combat, seen here as armed dancers near Mount Hagen in New Guinea demand redress for murder.

3 How a Society is Governed Law an external control Allocates authority to employ coercion to enforce sanctions. Redefines social relations and aids its own efficient operation by ensuring it allows change.

4 Settling Disputes Example: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_overview.htmlhttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_overview.html Darfur (part of Sudan) A dispute may be settled in two ways: 1.Negotiation - the parties to the dispute reach an agreement with or without the help of a third party. 2. Adjudication - An authorized third party issues a binding decision.

5 Song Duels Having a song duel is the traditional approach to dispute resolution among the Inuit of northern Canada. Trial by Ordeal Togo, West Africa: trial to determine a yam thief http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid eo/player/places/countries- places/togo/togo_trialbyoil.html http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid eo/player/places/countries- places/togo/togo_trialbyoil.html Similar to Kpelle of Liberia and their “trial by knife” (p. 287 in your book). Settling Disputes Ethnographic Examples

6 Child Soldiers  Today, there are more than 250,000 child soldiers, many as young as 12 years old. Among them are these boys training to be guerrillas in Sahel, Eritrea.  Emmanual Jal (Child soldier in Sudan): ◦ http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_thewarchild.html http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_thewarchild.html More on the Civil War in the Darfur area of Sudan…

7 Warfare in Multinational States Example: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_overview.htmlhttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries- places/sudan/sudan_overview.html Darfur (part of Sudan)


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