The evolution of social institutions : interdisciplinary perspectives /: interdisciplinary perspectives. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dmitri M. Bondarenko, Stephen A. Kowalewski, David B. Small, editors.
• Other Names: Bondarenko, D. M; Kowalewski, Stephen A; Small, David B
• Contents: 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 -- 5 Origins of the State and Urbanization: Regional Perspectives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State Origins Theory Today -- 3 Archeology of Complexity and Urbanization -- 4 Early State: Bohai Kingdom (698-926) -- 5 Bohai Towns -- 6 Tributary Empire: Jurchen Dynasty (1115-1234) -- 7 Buffer State: Eastern Xia Polity (1215-1233) -- 8 Jurchen Urbanization -- 9 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- The Old World 6 Fast Way Upstairs: Transformation of Assyrian Hereditary Rulership in the Late Bronze Age -- 1 Geopolitical Background -- 2 The Statuses of Ensi/Iššiakku and šarru in Mesopotamia and the Traditions of the City-State of Ashur -- 3 The Content of Institutional Changes Forming the Transition from the City-State of Ashur to the Kingdom of Assyria -- 4 Ruler and the Legal Sphere -- 5 The Ruler and the Cult -- 6 The Ruler and Foreign Policy -- 7 Presumed Stages, Factors and Limits of the Aforementioned Institutional Changes -- Acknowledgements -- References
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (661 pages)
• Subjects: 303.4; Social evolution; Social institutions; Social structure; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Archaeology; Political science & theory; Social issues & processes; General & world history; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology; Political Science -- History & Theory; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; History -- World; Social evolution; Social institutions; Social structure; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030514372
• Related ISBNs: 9783030514365
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