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Record 1 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Institutions
  • Social Organization
  • Political Systems
DEF

Type of sociopolitized organization in which political and economic powers is exercised by a single person (or group) over many communities. It represents the centralization of power and authority at the expense of local and autonomous groupings.

CONT

A chiefdom is a type of complex society of varying degrees of centralization that is led by an individual known as a chief. In anthropological theory, one model of human social development rooted in ideas of cultural evolution describes a chiefdom as a form of social organization more complex than a tribe or a band society, and less complex than a state or a civilization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions politiques
  • Organisation sociale
  • Régimes politiques
DEF

Unité territoriale sur laquelle s'exerce l'autorité d'un chef traditionnel (en Afrique).

OBS

La chefferie est héréditaire; elle ne se donne pas à l'école.

Spanish

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