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Politics, Power & Violence

This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World  

  • Grade Level: Senior High (10-12)-Adult
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Produced By: Coast Learning Systems
  • Year: 2008
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Running Time: 30m
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This video explores the anthropological concepts of political organization and social control as practiced cross-culturally. It opens with anthropologists Victoria Bernal and Laura Nader discussing the concepts of political organization, in terms of power, authority, functions, and its four main forms: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. Nader and William Ury then explore the various methods of maintaining social order across cultures, including interior and externalized controls, sanctions and laws. Methods of dispute resolution are described by Nader and Ury, and the two then debate the merits of the use of alternative dispute resolution methods (ADR) in the United States. China?s control over citizen use of the internet is used as an example of the interrelationships between social control, ideology, legitimacy, and the potential for the use of force by ruling powers.


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