Stable, Non-toppy Communities

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Lomax, AlanSocial solidarity
Lomax, AlanFolk song style and culture

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Lomax, Alan"Cohesive singing…occurs…more frequently…in stable societies and 'non-toppy' communities than elsewhere" (187).
Lomax, Alan"Cohesive singing . . . occurs . . . more frequently . . . in stable and 'non toppy' communities than elsewhere" (187) Note that 'toppy' communities are those "in which either a complex or elite caste system or many levels of extra-local governmental authority split the community."

Associated OCMs

  1. community structure
  2. territorial hierarchy