Political Organization

Associated Documents (9)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Murdock, George PeterSocial structure
Carroll, Michael P.The sex of our gods
Broch, TomBelligerence among the primitives
Carneiro, Robert L.Scale analysis, evolutionary sequences, and the rating of cultures
Korotayev, Andrey V.Trade and warfare in cross-cultural perspective
Gershman, BorisThe economic origins of the evil eye belief
Stephens, William N.The family in cross-cultural perspective
Currie, Thomas E.Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific
Allen, Mark W.Resource scarcity drives lethal aggression among prehistoric hunter-gatherers in central California

Associated Hypotheses (14)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Murdock, George Peter". . . the bands of migratory tribes are usually politically independent, whereas the villages and settlements of sedentary populations are more commonly organized into larger aggregates" (85)
Carroll, Michael P."Societies characterized by the presence of an organization that tries to coordinate politically autonomous subgroups should give greater relative emphasis to male deities than other societies" (42).
Broch, TomPolitical organization and inter-cultural relations will be strongly associated with belligerence (35).
Carneiro, Robert L."Human societies have evolved . . . in much the same direction . . . toward increased complexity. . . . [There is] a specific sequence in the development of culture traits which societies, by and large, have consistently followed" (854, 858)
Korotayev, Andrey V.The importance of trade will be related to warfare frequency (42)
Gershman, BorisIn weakly institutionalized traditional societies, the evil eye belief will be associated with less governmental and political centralization.
Stephens, William N."Kingdoms do seem to be relatively strict in the area of obedience demands" (371)
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases in hierarchical organization do not occur [The "rectilinear" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases to adjacent, less hierarchical forms of organization are possible [The "unilinear" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases in hierarchical organization to any less complex form can occur [The "relaxed unilinear" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in non-sequential paths, and decreases in hierarchical organization do not occur [The "alternative trajectories" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in non-sequential paths, and decreases in hierarchical organization are also non-sequential [The "alternative trajectories (reversible)" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies change their political organization (increase or decrease) in any way (sequential or non-sequential) [The "full" model] (802).
Allen, Mark W.Rates of lethal aggression covary positively with sociopolitical complexity (12121).

Associated OCMs

  1. accumulation of wealth
  2. social stratification
  3. territorial organization
  4. territorial hierarchy
  5. form and rules of government
  6. chief executive