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class society

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stratified society has room for upward and downward mobility

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moots

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informal airings of disputes involving kinsmen and friends of litigants

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if you live in a state what is your main mode of subsistence

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intensive agriculture

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deviance

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social scientist use this term to refer to violation of social norms

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sanctions

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are both positive and negative because people are rewarded for behaving in socially acceptable ways and punished for violating the norms

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supernatural belief systems

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a powerful mechanism of social control in all types of societies

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ordeal

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a dangerous test to determine guilt

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rebellion

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attempts to displace the people in power

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pan tribal mechanism

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this cuts across and integrates all the local segments of the tribe into a larger whole
- in tribal
major difference between bands and tribal

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controvoseial assingment

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assisting the us military in afghansitan and iraq

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power

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the ability of individuals or groups to impose their will pin others and make them do things even against their own wants and wishes

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political organzation

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the was in which the power gets distributed within society to control behavior and social order

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political integration

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relates to size of territorial group that comes under the control of poilitical structure
jurisdiction: ie : band, chiefdom, mutlicipal vs. federal

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political system

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band, tribe, chiefdom, states

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band

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smal and loosely organized. hunter and gather that are egalitarian (leadership is informal) have a headman

food collectors , high value on sharing

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headman

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no rewards. not expected to be judge no more material items

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tribal societies

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food producers(horticultureist)

man is recognized as leader by virtue of his personality traits, egalitarian

tribe becomes ethnic group in modern state

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clan

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group of kin who consider themselves to be descended from common ancestor

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chiefdom

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2 or more local group of tribe are organized under 1 chief. beg of hierarchy

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state

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centralized political system that has the capacity and authority to make laws and use fore to maintain social order

mesoptamia was the first state

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john doe vs. state

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state has to get you justice - first social classes strrucutre

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intensive agriculture

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large poplaution- 1 million people

highly developed system of production

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legitamacy

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the right of political leaders to exercise power, most gov use ideology

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politics and religion

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is used to legitamate political authorityy

chief are believe to pocks great powers, god on earth

us political uses the holy bible

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law
formal neg sanctions that define relationships and prohibit behavior
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non centralized
tribal and bad, if someone wrongs you its up to you and your family to get justice
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nonformal sanction
boss taking you to dinner
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formal sanction
getting a raise
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crime
always state vs. person
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ethnoside
when a dominant society diliberality sets out to destroy another society cultural heritaage ex: irish and british and natives- forbidden rom dancing
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genocide
deliberant act or as the accidental outcome of actives carved out by one people with little regards of others jewish holocaust
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ethnic cleasning
this term is used to downplay genocide used to prevent he international community ex: basnia killing and raping women- called ethnic cleansing so that international community stays out
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civil disobienced
characterized by use of passive resistance or other nonviolent calling the legitimacy into uqestion- law biding people you can't put them in jail
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henry david thoreau
creator of civil disobedience
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witchcraft
discourages people from engaging in social deviant behavior
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public opinon
one of the most compelling reasons for not violating social norms
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deviance
violation of social norms . its not the act itself bu how people define the action
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social contorl
every society must ensure that most of the people have in approbate wasy
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song duels
song contests that use instead of phsyical
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corportate lineage
kinship groups who live work and play pray together form of public control
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lepord skin cief
serves as a mediator between victims and family and am of murder negotiates settle meant
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oath
formal declaration to some super natural power
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ordeal
dangerous test to determine guilt
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stratified state
societies are characterized by considerable ineuqalty in terms of power wealth and prestige
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vamas
association with certain occupations in hindu
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caste
no social mobility determined by birth
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achieved
control personal efforts ; class system
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ascribed
no control caste system
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untoucheables dalit
lowest class . crushed or opressed people.
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headless socieities
simple intermediate and complex not all societies fit neatly into a box societies with out rulers
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positive sanction
smile medal honor
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negative sanction
frown or death penalty
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reciprocity
ensures that no member of the group goes hungry
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bragging and bolsting
is discouraged in hunting and gathering societies ; they will deflate when someone is bragging they do this to stay humble
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thank you
is discouraged that is your calculating selfishness generosuity should be nautre
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kayapo
a tribal group from brazil ; the idea of tribal designation is modern nation states allow a group souverignit from the nation state
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houses in kayapo
circle; end is women men in the center and children come to house at certain age warriar system starts at mens home, all decisions come from mens home
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if they kill animals
make sure share your game; making sure they don't become selfish
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when chief is gone..
when he comes back show respect tot chief by fake crying
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how is power organized in kayo
chiefdom 2 lines of organzation along gender lines and age groups have to show respect to who's older only men can make political decisions
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woman in kayapo
are both assertive and aggressive ..use mashaittii to indicated them
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civil disobedience
cief payakan is organizer of this; chief roping is paykan mother brow they are working through matrilineal descent
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corn ceremoney
pan tribal mechanism. uniting previous feuding tribes through this ceremony all tribe began as 1 and eat corn from same tree when corn split up they split up into different tribes
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the dam problem
will flood the floor to make medicine , will destroy their way of life
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kayo uses media succesfully
they get a rockstar to represent them to shame brazil
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imf pulled out funding
for the damn for 20-25 year

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