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A Social Anthropology of Politics

F. G. BAILEY

^^-^ A Member of the Perseus Books Group

Contents

Introduction vii

1 A Political System 1
Games,fightsand politics, 1
How to play and how to win, 3
How to forecast, 7
The environment, 9
Encapsulated political structures, 12
Change, 12
Conclusion, 16
2 A Political Structure 19
Introduction, 19
Prizes and values, 20
Personnel, 23
Leadership, 27
Competition, 28
Control, 30
Conclusion, 32
3 Leaders and Teams 35
Politics as an enterprise—leaders, resources, 35
Hirelings and the faithful, 37
Core and following, 44
Unspecialized groups, 49
Factions, 51
Conclusion, 55
4 The Leader's Tasks 59
Uncertainty and decisions, 59
Judicial tasks, 61
Decisions, 66
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Consent and command, 70
5 Strong and Weak Leaders 73
Formal and informal leadership, 73
Transactional groups, 75
Dividing the work, 80
Moral teams, 82
Conclusion, 83
6 Contests 86
Politics as disorder, 86
Doladoli, 88
Pakhtouns in conflict, 91
Caste-climbing, 95
Asquith and Lloyd George, 100
Conclusion, 108
7 Control 111
What can go wrong? I l l
Collusion, 121
Authorities, 132
Conclusion, 141
8 Encapsulated Political Structures 144
Encapsulation, 144
A moral crisis, 156
Middlemen, 167
Encapsulation and change, 176
Conclusion, 181
9 Change 186
Introduction, 186
Environment and limited change, 190
Repetitive change, 193
Adaptive change, 196
Identifying radical change, 202
Manipulated change—the Kond Hills, 211
DeGauUe, France and Algeria, 216
10 Postscript 227

References 243
Index 251