Political Anthropology: The State of the Art

Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. ¿. -- PART ONE: Theory -- Political Anthropology: Issues and Trends on the Frontier / KURTZ, DONALD V. -- New Directions in Political Anthropology: The Use of Corporate Models for the Analysis of Political Organizations / TIFFANY, WALTER W. -- PART TWO: Centers and Peripheries -- Patron-Client Structure in Modern World Organization / AMSBURY, CLIFTON -- Local-Level Politics and Social Change in Tigre: A Transactional Analysis of Adaptive Change / BAUER, DAN F. -- The Duke had a Word for it: Local-Level Competition Between Tribals and Non-Tribals / MATHUR, MARY E. FLEMING -- Tribute Relations / PERSHITS, ABRAHAM I. -- The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia / WEISSLEDER, WOLFGANG -- PART THREE: Authority and Power -- On the Forms of Disintegration of the Clan Society of North American Indians / AVERKIEVA, JULIA P. -- The Balance of Power in Primitive States / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. -- The Dynamics of Early State Development in the Voltaic Area / SKALNÍK, PETER -- Citizenship and Sources of Political Authority in the Marianas / SOLENBERGER, ROBERT R. -- Change in Rank and Status in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga / URBANOWICZ, CHARLES F. -- Law and Negative Sanctions in African Societies / WACHUKU, ALOZIE N. -- PART FOUR: Political Culture -- Ritual in Consensual Power Relations: The Israel Labor Party / ARONOFF, MYRON J. -- Peasant Political Cognition: A Methodological Perspective / SERTEL, AYSE KUDAT -- Three Tiwa Communities and Their Response to Stress for Change / SMITH, M. ESTELLIE -- A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Slovenian Sociopolitical Frames of Reference / SZALAY, LORAND B. / PECJAK, VID -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects