LEADER 05561oam 2200709I 450 001 9910790665503321 005 20230617012659.0 010 $a1-136-54004-0 010 $a0-415-86656-1 010 $a1-315-01763-6 010 $a1-136-53997-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315017631 035 $a(CKB)2550000001128437 035 $a(EBL)1460927 035 $a(OCoLC)862048815 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001168328 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11648828 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168328 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11151703 035 $a(PQKB)11631400 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1460927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1460927 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10781163 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL529071 035 $a(OCoLC)860907786 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138763 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001128437 100 $a20180331e20041966 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe social anthropology of complex societies /$fedited by Michael Banton 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ;$vIII 300 $aFirst published in 1966 by Tavistock Publications. 300 $aDerived from material presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth. 311 $a0-415-33028-9 311 $a1-299-97820-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Kinship, Friendship, and Patron-Client Relations in Complex Societies; Core and periphery in complex societies; Corporate kin groups in complex societies; Corporate communities; Individual-centered coalitions; Persistent functions of the family; Cooperation of kin in non-kin situations; Kinds of friendship; Friendship: a Middle-American case; Corporate groups and migrant populations; 'Open' organization and migrant populations; Cliques 327 $aPatron-client relationsVariations in patron -client ties; The problem of national character; Acknowledgement; References; Sociological Characteristics of Small Territories and their Implications for Economic Development; Scale and roles; Scale, values, and alternatives; Scale and magico-religious practices; Scale and jural relations; Scale and political structure; Scale and economic development; Notes; Acknowledgement; References; Theoretical Orientations in African Urban Studies; Methodological approaches; Social surveys; Intensive studies; Urban studies and social change 327 $aThe situational approach(a) Density of settlement; (b ) Mobility; (c) Heterogeneity; (d) Demographic disproportion; (e) Economic differentiation; (f) Administrative and political limitations; Types of sociological study in towns; Structural relationships; Categorical relationships; Personal networks; The town as a single social system; Notes; References; Religious Order and Mental Disorder: A Study in a South Wales Rural Community; Expected and unexpected misfortunes; The concept of accountability; Social structure; Religious organization; Religious affiliations; Religion and behaviour 327 $aConcepts of mental disorderThe prevalence of mental disorder; Reference; The Significance of Quasi-Groups in the Study of Complex Societies; Network and set; The Dewas electoral situation; Characteristics of a Dewas electoral action-set; The action-set in comparative study; Action-set and quasi-group; Conclusion; Notes; References; British Community Studies: Problems of Synthesis; I Introduction: aims; II Concepts from microsociology; 1. Spiralism; 2. The stranger: science in wartime; III British community studies: a field surveyed; IV British community studies: a continuum suggested 327 $aV Concepts in the continuum1. Concepts from classical sociology; 2. Concepts from modern sociology; 3. Concepts from social anthropology; 4. A concept from outside: social redundancy; VI Social anthropology: the study of process; 1. Two case studies: a North Wales and a South Wales village; 2. Language and education in South Wales; VII Process in urban research: a dramatic approach; 1. The drama in events; 2. The drama in ceremonial; 3. The drama in custom; VIII Conclusion: drama and continuum synthesized; Acknowledgements; References; Notes on Contributors 330 $aThis volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. The position and contribution of British community studies is also examined, illustrating how micro-sociology can be made relevant to macro-sociology.
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