02942nam 2200613 a 450 991049464450332120170815145223.01-282-62746-597866126274601-84545-883-4(CKB)2560000000012104(EBL)544323(OCoLC)645100777(SSID)ssj0000432029(PQKBManifestationID)12190120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432029(PQKBWorkID)10477674(PQKB)11308984(MiAaPQ)EBC544323(EXLCZ)99256000000001210420080404d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHierarchy[electronic resource] persistence and transformation in social formations /edited by Knut M. Rio and Olaf H. SmedalNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (388 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-490-1 1-84545-493-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title page-Hierarchy; Contents; Acknowledgements; Ch 1-Hierarchy and its alternatives; Ch 2-Coversion, hierarchy, and cultural change; Ch 3-Gender and value; Ch 4-Can a Hierarchical religion survive without its center?; Ch 5-The headless state in inner Asia; Ch 6-The perfect sovereign; Ch 7-Marriage, rank and politics in Hawaii; Ch 8-Polynesian conceptions of sociality; Ch 9-On the value of the beast or the limit of money; Ch 10-Hierarchy is not inequality-in Polynesia, for instance; Ch 11-Hierarchy and power; Afterword; Notes on contributors; IndexLouis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their starting point, the contributors to this volume introduce both fresh empirical material and new theoretical considerations. On the basis of diverse ethnographic contexts in Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East they challenge some current conceptions of hierarchical formations and reassess former debates, both with regard to new theoretical issues and the new world situation-of post-colonial and neo-colonial agendas, ideas of "democratization" and "globalization," and expanding market-economies.HierarchiesCase studiesPower (Social sciences)Case studiesElite (Social sciences)Case studiesDemocracyElectronic books.HierarchiesPower (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)Democracy.305.5209Rio Knut Mikjel1053971Smedal Olaf H708088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910494644503321Hierarchy2486244UNINA