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Elman Service categorized ethnic groups into bands, tribes, chiefdoms and states. Bands are a small kindship-based group who normally who hunt and gather and live in a certain area. There are a few remaining band in the world. Anthropologist have identified that bands might range from twelve to one hundred people. These bands regularly re-form in response with conflict. Bands do not have minimal stratification of wealth and power. Tribes are a district population, normal a combination of band, with one distended from one common ancestor. Tribes have the connotation that they are primitive and uncivilized. The people in around villages, kin groups, clans, and lineages. The leaders in tribes are called village heads or big men. Their power is …show more content…

Their power is built and maintained by their own achievements. Big men relate to contemporary societies because in theory the people in power are supposed to be the smartest and accomplished. Sadly, this is not always the fact. To become president a candidate needs money to finance their campaign. Also the most qualified person may not always get elected to office. Looking at the 2016 election, not all of the candidates have government experience. States also experience power through force, normally militarily. Compared to tribes and bans, no one really has this power. Not all states have to use power because state power is developed by hegemony or the ability of a dominate group to create agreement with a population without the use of force. This is possible because of institutions like schools, religion and media all influence individuals way of seeing the world. Tribes and bans are not as similar to states for this reason. Their definition and power is very different because no one really has power over people like a state does. In states everything is defined and has to be fallowed. People who are deviance suffer from the use of force, from police, jails and more. Clearly, bands, tribes and states are not very similar with their definitions of

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