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- There will be a relationships between type of economy and method used to select local headman (49).Greenbaum, Lenora - Cross-cultural study of the use of elections for selection of the village he..., 1977 - 2 Variables
This study examines variation in economy, political form, social complexity and family relationships between societies using election/consensus decision making for determining leadership and societies that do not use election/consensus decision making. Findings do not show a pattern of variance based on leader selection type.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - There will be a relationship between family relationships and the method used for selecting local headmen (48).Greenbaum, Lenora - Cross-cultural study of the use of elections for selection of the village he..., 1977 - 2 Variables
This study examines variation in economy, political form, social complexity and family relationships between societies using election/consensus decision making for determining leadership and societies that do not use election/consensus decision making. Findings do not show a pattern of variance based on leader selection type.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Hereditary succession will vary according to world region (47).Bourguignon, Erika - Diversity and homogeneity in world societies, 1973 - 2 Variables
This book provides a summary of data available in the Ethnographic Atlas. Social, political, economic, and kinship variables are included, as well as information about religious beliefs, social restrictions, and games. Data is divided into world areas for the purposes of regional comparison.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Levels of jurisdictional hierarchy will vary according to world region (48).Bourguignon, Erika - Diversity and homogeneity in world societies, 1973 - 2 Variables
This book provides a summary of data available in the Ethnographic Atlas. Social, political, economic, and kinship variables are included, as well as information about religious beliefs, social restrictions, and games. Data is divided into world areas for the purposes of regional comparison.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Mean community size will vary according to world region (48).Bourguignon, Erika - Diversity and homogeneity in world societies, 1973 - 2 Variables
This book provides a summary of data available in the Ethnographic Atlas. Social, political, economic, and kinship variables are included, as well as information about religious beliefs, social restrictions, and games. Data is divided into world areas for the purposes of regional comparison.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Stratification among freemen will vary according to world region (47).Bourguignon, Erika - Diversity and homogeneity in world societies, 1973 - 2 Variables
This book provides a summary of data available in the Ethnographic Atlas. Social, political, economic, and kinship variables are included, as well as information about religious beliefs, social restrictions, and games. Data is divided into world areas for the purposes of regional comparison.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "As the political complexity of a society as a whole increases, so does the number of political offices within its constituent communities" (43)Befu, Harumi - Political complexity and village community: test of an hypothesis, 1966 - 2 Variables
This article examines how an increase in overall societal complexity affects local political offices. Findings suggest that a more complex society has a slight tendency to develop more political offices within the community, but there is greater support for an increased number of jurisdictional levels within the community.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . increasing political complexity at higher levels [will] entail more . . . delegation of authority and increased delegation of authority [will] be handled by creating new administrative levels within the village" (47)Befu, Harumi - Political complexity and village community: test of an hypothesis, 1966 - 3 Variables
This article examines how an increase in overall societal complexity affects local political offices. Findings suggest that a more complex society has a slight tendency to develop more political offices within the community, but there is greater support for an increased number of jurisdictional levels within the community.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Social organization variables will be positively related to game complexity (287).Ball, Donald W. - The scaling of gaming: skill, strategy, and chance, 1972 - 4 Variables
This study analyzes the relationship between game complexity and sociocultural complexity. Significant relationships were found between several aspects of complexity and game complexity.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Primary subsistence economy type will vary by world region (34).Bourguignon, Erika - Diversity and homogeneity in world societies, 1973 - 2 Variables
This book provides a summary of data available in the Ethnographic Atlas. Social, political, economic, and kinship variables are included, as well as information about religious beliefs, social restrictions, and games. Data is divided into world areas for the purposes of regional comparison.
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