Political Complexity

Associated Documents (28)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ellis, Godfrey J.Supervision and conformity: a cross-cultural analysis of parental socialization values
Abrahamson, MarkCorrelates of political complexity
Befu, HarumiPolitical complexity and village community: test of an hypothesis
Otterbein, Keith F.Internal war: a cross-cultural study
Blumberg, Rae LesserSocietal complexity and familial complexity: evidence for the curvilinear hypothesis
Underhill, RalphEconomic and political antecedents of monotheism: a cross-cultural study
Herzog, John D.Deliberate instruction and household structure: a cross-cultural study
Otterbein, Keith F.An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth: a cross-cultural study of feuding
Otterbein, Keith F.Comment on 'correlates of political complexity'
Silver, Burton B.Social structure and games: a cross-cultural analysis of the structural correlates of game compl...
Hill, KimPolitical institutionalization in primitive societies: a hologeistic analysis
Jankowiak, WilliamUsing drug foods to capture and enhance labor performance: a cross-cultural perspective
Schlegel, AliceMale dominance and female autonomy: domestic authority in matrilineal societies
Roberts, John M.Strategy in games and folk tales
Johnson, G. DavidA cross-cultural test of Collins’ theory of sexual stratification
Botero, Carlos A. The ecology of religious beliefs
Tefft, Stanton K.Warfare regulation: a cross-cultural test of hypotheses among tribal peoples
Currie, Thomas E.Political complexity predicts the spread of ethnolinguistic groups
Leavitt, Gregory C.General evolution and Durkheim's hypothesis of crime frequency: A cross-cultural test
Alesina, AlbertoOn the origins of gender roles: Women and the plough
Carter, Tara-LynMale aggressiveness as intrasexual contest competition in a cross-cultural sample
Sheehan, OliverCoevolution of landesque capital intensive agriculture and sociopolitical hierarchy
Watts, JosephChristianity spread faster in small, politically structures societies
Gray, Russell D. Cultural macroevolution matters
Kavanaugh, PatrickDrivers of global variation in land ownership
Gavin, Michael C. The global geography of human subsistence
Currie, Thomas E.Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific
Kavanagh, Patrick H.Drivers of global variation in land ownership

Associated Hypotheses (63)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ellis, Godfrey J.Political complexity will be positively associated with socialization toward conformity (p. 394).
Abrahamson, Mark"Political complexity is directly related to the degree of social differentiation . . . demographic complexity . . . and socioeconomic development" (691, 692, 693)
Abrahamson, Mark"Political complexity is inversely related to pervasiveness of the kinship organization" (692)
Abrahamson, Mark"Political complexity is directly related to the degree of external threat" (693)
Befu, Harumi"As the political complexity of a society as a whole increases, so does the number of political offices within its constituent communities" (43)
Befu, Harumi". . . increasing political complexity at higher levels [will] entail more . . . delegation of authority and increased delegation of authority [will] be handled by creating new administrative levels within the village" (47)
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . the lower the level of political complexity, the more likely the political communities within the cultural unit are to war with each other" (282)
Blumberg, Rae Lesser"When technology, as measured by subsistence economy is held constant . . . [and we] cross tabulate familial complexity with . . . size of community . . . [and with] political complexity, gammas are significantly positive for low levels of technology and nonsignificant for higher levels" (909)
Underhill, RalphPolitical complexity is positively associated with monotheism (859)
Herzog, John D."Politically complex societies, no matter their household type, tend to use deliberate instruction; politically simple societies get along without it" (319)
Herzog, John D."The table shows that nuclear household societies with a high degree of complexity do not involve their women in subsistence pursuits, and at the same time employ Type II instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence]; it shows the reverse for nuclear societies with low complexity" (332)
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . the higher the level of political complexity the less frequently feuding is found" (1476)
Otterbein, Keith F."[There is a] relationship between political complexity . . . and the frequency of attacking" (114)
Otterbein, Keith F."[There is a] relationship between political complexity and the frequency of being attacked" (114)
Silver, Burton B.Political complexity will be positively associated with the presence of complex games (97).
Silver, Burton B.In societies of high political complexity, complex games will be postively associated with religious differentiation, demographic complexity, and external threat, and negatively associated with social differentiation (97).
Hill, KimVarious socio-economic variables (agricultural dependence, fixity of settlement, community size, population density, and class stratification) will predict political complexity (279).
Jankowiak, WilliamThere will be a relationship between political complexity and the use of drug foods as trade or labor inducers (719).
Schlegel, Alice". . . I had predicted that a low level of political complexity would be associated with Husband Dominant societies and a higher level with Brother Dominant" (80-81)
Roberts, John M."The strategic mode of competition tends to be modeled in the folk tales of tribes which are politically complex" (193)
Johnson, G. DavidEconomic complexity, food surplus, social stratification, and political organization will be positively associated with levels of sexual dominance (679)
Johnson, G. DavidControlling on economic and political factors, the effect of marital residence and descent on sexual dominance will approach zero (679)
Johnson, G. DavidControlling on marital residence and descent, the effect of economic and political factors to sexual dominance will approach zero (680)
Botero, Carlos A. Moralizing high gods are most likely to be found in ecologically inhospitable and unpredictable environments, in politically complex societies, in societies near (or linguistically related to) other societies with high gods, and in societies with animal husbandry and/or agriculture.
Tefft, Stanton K."As the level of political complexity increases, the more stable the peace which terminates the war" (159)
Currie, Thomas E.Political complexity of the society in which a language is spoken will be positively associated with the geographic range of that language (7340).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with violent crime (249).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with property crime (250).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with indices of miscellaneous crime (251).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower overall female participation in agriculture (481).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in land clearance (481).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in soil preparation (481).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in crop planting (481).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in caring for small animals (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in caring for large animals (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in milking domesticated animals (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in cooking (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in fuel gathering (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in water fetching (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in burden carying (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in handicrafts (483).
Alesina, AlbertoTraditional plough agriculture will be associated with lower female participation in trading (483).
Alesina, AlbertoCountries with a history of plough use will have lower female labor force participation in the year 2000 (490).
Alesina, AlbertoCountries with a history of plough use will have lower female labor firm ownership in the year(s) 2003-2010 (490).
Alesina, AlbertoCountries with a history of plough use will have lower female participation in politics the year 2000 (490).
Carter, Tara-LynThere is a positive association between male aggression and societies with polygyny and a high variance in the number of wives.
Carter, Tara-LynThere is an association between male aggressiveness and biased sex ratios.
Carter, Tara-LynAggression is lower in societies where males show greater subsistence effort.
Sheehan, OliverSocial stratification and political complexity (representing hierarchy) will be consistent with a model that has landesque capital intensive agriculture as the dependent variable.
Sheehan, OliverLandesque capital intensive agriculture (representing general intensive agriculture) will be consistent with a model that has social stratification and political complexity (representing hierarchy) as the dependent variable.
Watts, JosephAs predicted by top-down theories of conversion, Austronesian cultures with greater political organization will be faster to convert to Christianity than those with less political organization.
Watts, JosephA model examining the predictor variables of political complexity, social inequality, and population size, as well as the control variables of cultural isolation and year of missionary arrival, will predict the conversion time of Austronesian cultures to Christianity.
Gray, Russell D. Broad supernatural punishments will be positively associated with the evolution of political complexity.
Gray, Russell D. Specific beliefs in moral high gods will be positively associated with the evolution of political complexity.
Kavanaugh, PatrickPolitical complexity will be positively associated with property ownership
Gavin, Michael C. Degree of political complexity will be associated with more plant-based agriculture, more animal husbandry, and less foraging (8)
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed a rectilinear sequence of incremental steps in the direction of increasing complexity.
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed a unilinear sequence of incremental steps in the direction of increasing complexity.
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed a relaxed unilinear sequence of incremental steps in the direction of increasing complexity.
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed a non-sequential "alternative trajectories" model of increasing complexity.
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed a non-sequential "reversible alternative trajectories" model of increasing complexity.
Currie, Thomas E.Political evolution followed an entirely "full" non-sequential model of increasing complexity.
Kavanagh, Patrick H.A variety of ecological, economic, and anthropological factors will predict the prevalence of land ownership.

Associated OCMs

  1. community heads
  2. police
  3. territorial organization
  4. territorial hierarchy
  5. form and rules of government
  6. chief executive
  7. judicial authority