LEADER 02993nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910826850903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-62746-5 010 $a9786612627460 010 $a1-84545-883-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781845458836 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012104 035 $a(EBL)544323 035 $a(OCoLC)645100777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432029 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432029 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10477674 035 $a(PQKB)11308984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544323 035 $a(DE-B1597)636703 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781845458836 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012104 100 $a20080404d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHierarchy $epersistence and transformation in social formations /$fedited by Knut M. Rio and Olaf H. Smedal 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (388 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-490-1 311 $a1-84545-493-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle 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; Index 330 $aLouis 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. 606 $aHierarchies$vCase studies 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$vCase studies 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$vCase studies 606 $aDemocracy 615 0$aHierarchies 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a305.5/209 701 $aRio$b Knut Mikjel$01664098 701 $aSmedal$b Olaf H$0708088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826850903321 996 $aHierarchy$94021963 997 $aUNINA