Political systems and the distribution of power.
Contributors: Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth.
Series: A.S.A. monographs,; 2
Publisher: F.A. Praeger
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Tribal government.; Power (Social sciences); Local government -- India.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Derived from material presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, by M. Gluckman and F. Eggan.; title: Decisions by consensus in councils and committees, with special reference to village and local government in India, by F.G. Bailey.; title: Factions, a comparative analysis, by R.W. Nichols.; title: The political structure of African kingdoms, an exploratory method, by P.C. Lloyd.; title: A critique of the typology of states and political systems, by A. Southall.