Political Development

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ember, MelvinThe relationship between economic and political development in nonindustrialized societies
Hart, HornellWas there a prehistoric trend from smaller to larger political units?

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ember, Melvin"In sum, the results of this study clearly show that economic and political development are functionally related in nonindustrialized societies" (240)
Ember, Melvin"If we plot the distribution of these scores, we find that the relationship between the two variables [economic and political development] is not linear. Rather, the relationship curves increasingly upward" (243-244)
Hart, Hornell"[There is] a high positive correlation between technological and political development among primitive peoples [political complexity an indirect measure of geographical area controlled by a society]" (289)
Hart, HornellIncrease in size of areas controlled by any single political unit has been accelerating with respect to time (300)

Associated OCMs

  1. territorial organization