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7 Cards in this Set
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Politics without Government
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Single person rule
Hierarchical Blood feud Symbolism Spirits |
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Single Person Rule
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Zulu (Gluckman) - King, owns all the land, unity
King is head of SC, admin, final say Council - accountable, cattle, speak last, subjects switch. 'Wise to go with majority.' Bemba - centralised, gifts to maintain alliances, single power absolute. Stronger in wartime (Gledhill) |
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Hierarchical
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Swat - Yusfzai land 'gentry,' 'peasants lack org'
Land - sovereignty, Classes (headed by Sayyid), pure/profane (new caste: sandal) Kwaio - matter of degree, beads and pigs, non hereditary |
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Mixture
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Ngwato - Kgama II (literacy), wife and grace of tribe, famine
Ngwato - wards, headmen, elders - devolution |
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Blood Feud
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Nuer (EP) - Deeply democratic, ordered anarchy, segmentary, recognises no superior. Leopard Skin chief negotiates.
Swat - Saints are moral arbiters, guarantees safety. Holy, top political bloc. Not simple, clever. Disciples. |
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Symbolism
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Shilluk - king will never die
Indian man in Ottawa Flag (Gledhill) Banal Nationalism Haidt - circle around spiritual objects like flags |
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Spiritual/Ancestors
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Tallensi - father/son
Kwaoi - recently deceased involved in affairs (Keesing) Bemba - vengeful spirits and guardian spirits |
