ISBN:
9783030514372
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (662 pages)
Series Statement:
World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4
Keywords:
Social institutions
;
Social structure
;
Social evolution
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 The Social Institution: A Brief History of the Notion and Its Conceptualizing -- 2 Social Institutions: Main Characteristics and Functions -- 3 Overview of Chapters -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Theoretical Approaches -- 2 How Do People Get Big Things Done? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Archaeology and Institutions -- 2.1 Method -- 2.2 Appropriate and Inappropriate Units of Analysis -- 2.3 Advantages -- 3 Instructive Examples from Archaeology -- 3.1 Some Extremes? -- 3.2 Long-Lived Institutions -- 3.3 Responding to Major Crises-The Case of the Coalescent Societies -- 4 Some Outstanding Research Questions -- 4.1 Q. Delving Into the Variation -- 4.2 Q. The Sudden and the Accretional -- 4.3 Q. For Given Regions, What Explains Change in Relative Importance of Institutions? -- 4.4 Q. Does the Western Idea of "Civil Society" Correspond to Other Cultural Contexts? Is There a Broader Theory About Institutions Serving to Limit or Impede Authority? -- 4.5 Q. What Is the History of Large-Scale, Trans-societal Institutions? -- 5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 3 Social Institutions and Basic Principles of Societal Organization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Basic Principles of Societal Organization -- 3 Basic Organizational Principles and Ways of Social Institution Ranking -- 4 Basic Organizational Principles: Some Possible Preconditions for Following by Societies -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 The Evolution of Sociopolitical Organizations -- 1 The Emergence of Political Structures -- 1.1 Some Preliminary Remarks -- 1.2 Long Ago -- 1.3 The Great Leap Forward -- 1.4 Heredity Emerges -- 1.5 The Emergence of the State -- 2 Evolutionary Streams -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Polynesia -- 2.3 Africa South of the Sahara -- 3 Unity in Diversity -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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