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General Editor's Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: Theory
Political Anthropology: Issues and Trends on the Frontier
New Directions in Political Anthropology: The Use of Corporate Models for the Analysis of Political Organizations
PART TWO: Centers and Peripheries
Patron-Client Structure in Modern World Organization
Local-Level Politics and Social Change in Tigre: A Transactional Analysis of Adaptive Change
The Duke had a Word for it: Local-Level Competition Between Tribals and Non-Tribals
Tribute Relations
The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia
PART THREE: Authority and Power
On the Forms of Disintegration of the Clan Society of North American Indians
The Balance of Power in Primitive States
The Dynamics of Early State Development in the Voltaic Area
Citizenship and Sources of Political Authority in the Marianas
Change in Rank and Status in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga
Law and Negative Sanctions in African Societies
PART FOUR: Political Culture
Ritual in Consensual Power Relations: The Israel Labor Party
Peasant Political Cognition: A Methodological Perspective
Three Tiwa Communities and Their Response to Stress for Change
A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Slovenian Sociopolitical Frames of Reference
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

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