Chapter 13

Question 1

What is political anthropology?

Answer 1

a subdivision of cultrual anthro
the description and analysis of the political systems in human societies simple or complex
- the study of social power in human activities

Question 2

what are the current approaches to political anthro?

Answer 2

give attention to power and inequality
explain how power shapes lives
study political institutions

Question 3

what is power?

Answer 3

the transformative capacity - has the ability to transform a given situation

Question 4

according to eric wolf what are the 3 modes of social power?

Answer 4

interpersonal
organizational
structural

Question 5

what is interpersonal power?

Answer 5

• the ability of one individual to impose his or her will on another individual

Question 6

what is organizational power?

Answer 6

focus on how social units can limit the actions of other individuals in particular social settings

Question 7

what is structural power?

Answer 7

organizes social settings and controls allocation of social labor

Question 8

____ and _____ are tightly connected to the distribution of power in societies?

Answer 8

pop growth and economic activity

Question 9

what is a band?
and another name for it

Answer 9

egalitarian
small society of 50 or less
- divides labor by age and sex

Question 10

what does egalitarian mean?

Answer 10

all are equal

Question 11

what is a tribe and another name for it?

Answer 11

a farming or hearing society
relies on kinship
also called ranked society

Question 12

what is a chiefdom?

Answer 12

• stratified society larger than tribe - chief and close relatives enjoy privileged access to wealth, power, and prestige.

Question 13

state

Answer 13

an economic, political, and ideological entity invented by stratified societies

Question 14

empire

Answer 14

forms when one state conquer another.

Question 15

chiefdom was the 1st social group to show…

Answer 15

power

Question 16

western philosiphers assumed that people have ___

Answer 16

free agency.

Question 17

what is coercive power?

Answer 17

aka domination
- the power of some prevents others from achieving their certain goals/objectives
- coercion can influence others to act in unusual ways

Question 18

what is hegemony?

Answer 18

rule by persuasion
- persuasion to accept the ideology of the dominant group by mutual accommodations

Question 19

what is biopower?

Answer 19

is power preoccupied with bodies - both of citizens and the social body of the state
- sexual and reproductive conduct is interconnected with the issues of national policy and power.

Question 20

what is governmentality?

Answer 20

governing to promote the welfare of populations within the state

Question 21

nations

Answer 21

groups of people believed to share the same history, culture, language, and even the same physical substance. Associated with territories

Question 22

nation state

Answer 22

viewed as an ideal political unit in which national identity and political territory coincided

Question 23

nationality

Answer 23

a sense of identification with a loyalty to the nation-state

Question 24

diaspora

Answer 24

migrant populations with a shared identity - dont focus on the buliding of the nation

Question 25

long distance nationalists

Answer 25

diaspora migrants who support nationalist struggle in homeland or advocate for state of their own

Question 26

transborder states

Answer 26

migrants who claim themselves and their descendants to be part of their ancestral state, even if they are citizens of another state

Question 27

transboarder citizenry

Answer 27

comprises both citizens remaining in the homeland and those who have emigrated and their descendants

Question 28

french state

Answer 28

- secular state and church - assimialate to french culture

Question 29

britain state

Answer 29

multicultural

Question 30

german state

Answer 30

lots of immagrants but division between them and locals