Political anthropology

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Political anthropology concerns the structure of political systems, looked at from the basis of the structure of societies. Political anthropologists include Georges Balandier, Marc Abélès, Jocelyne Streiff-Fenart, Ted C. Lewellen, and Joan Vincent.

[edit] Theories of State Formation

Carniero's circumscription theory formulated a theory of how the constraints of the environment interact with population pressures and warfare to form states.

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