Anthropology
& Political
Relations
Learning Objectives

Identify and describe why anthropologists would
be interested in studying political relations and
organizations

Describe the basic terminology associated with
political relations

Apply a holistic approach when examining
economic, subsistence, and political systems
Definitions

Power:
 _______________________________

Authority:
 _______________________________

Differential access:
 _______________________________
Political Organization

Regulation of relations among groups & their
representatives
 _______________________________
Political Anthropology

Associated with_______________________________
–
WHY?
Study of _______________________________
 Research
questions: influenced by
globalization
Power
& inequality
Political System

All societies demand some minimal degree
of conformity from their members

Social control:
 _______________________________
encourages _______________________________
discourages
_________________________
Coercion in Non-State Societies

Checkpoint: What are
non-state societies?

Kinship institutions
organized social life
 Maintain
harmonious
social relationships
 Enhance the cohesion of
society
 Strengthen social
solidarity
Political Organization:
1. ____________
2. _________________
3. _________________
Coercive & Persuasive
Powers

What could lead people to accept
coercion by others as legitimate?
 Ideology:
_______________________________
 Checkpoint:
____________
Concept of Hegemony

Persuasion of
subordinates to
accept the
ideology of the
dominant group
 ____________
Concept of Hegemony

Example:
___________________

♀ -- ♀

♂ -- ♂

________________
__________
__________
Social Control

Maintaining social norms, and regulating
conflict
 _________________________________

How?
 Hegemony
 Shame
& Gossip:______________________
Politics and Immigration

France’s project
deemed “___________”
(Melotti, 1997)
 19th
century:
encouraged
immigration, promises
made to migrants
 As
long as they ____
___________________
France’s 2011
Immigration Law

French ________________ are now require
 Written

proof is required
An individual must prove that ____________ to
make it through their __________________
Politics and Immigration

British Project termed “______________”
(Melotti, 1997)
 Immigrants
– loyal and law-abiding citizens
that do not threaten British way of life
 ___________________________
Politics and Immigration

Germany: “the ________________________”
(Melotti, 1997)
 Immigrants
citizens
perceived as ‘____________’ not
 ______________________________

Labor Migration: Germany ______________


By 1970 – more than 780,000 workers to
Western Europe
~80% went to Germany