Demographic Complexity

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Abrahamson, MarkCorrelates of political complexity
Silver, Burton B.Social structure and games: a cross-cultural analysis of the structural correlates of game compl...

Associated Hypotheses (3)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Abrahamson, Mark"Political complexity is directly related to the degree of social differentiation . . . demographic complexity . . . and socioeconomic development" (691, 692, 693)
Silver, Burton B.In societies of low political complexity, complex games will be positively associated with demographic complexity and negatively associated with religious differentiation (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).

Associated OCMs

  1. population
  2. composition of population
  3. settlement patterns
  4. community structure