Political System

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Schaefer, James MichaelDrunkenness and culture stress: a holocultural test
Otterbein, Keith F.The ultimate coercive sanction

Associated Hypotheses (9)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Schaefer, James MichaelExtreme, aggressive drunkenness will be associated with simple political systems (291).
Otterbein, Keith F.Centralized political systems are more likely to incarcerate criminals (p. 91).
Otterbein, Keith F.Centralized political systems are more likely to torture criminals (p.93).
Otterbein, Keith F.Centralized political systems are more likely to have public executions (p.96).
Otterbein, Keith F.Centralized political systems are more likely to torture criminals to death (p.98).
Otterbein, Keith F.Despotic states are more likely than other societies to utilize capital punishment for a wide variety of crimes (p.104-105).
Otterbein, Keith F.Centralized states are more likely to have political leaders decide sentencing for capital crimes (p.104-105).
Otterbein, Keith F.Despotic states are likely to have a large number of ways of carrying out capital punishment (p.104-105).
Otterbein, Keith F.Despotic states are likely to use the death penalty to show the power of the king (p.104-105).

Associated OCMs

  1. territorial hierarchy
  2. form and rules of government