A form of government is a term that refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic.... , looked at from the basis of the structure of societies. Political anthropologists include Pierre Clastres
Pierre Clastres
Pierre Clastres, , was a France anthropology and ethnography. He is best known for his fieldwork among the Guayaki in Paraguay and his theory on stateless societies.... , E. E. Evans-Pritchard
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard was a United Kingdom anthropology instrumental in the development of Social Anthropology in that country. He was professor of social anthropology at Oxford from 1946 to 1970.... , Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti people in Ghana.Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard for studies on African social orga... , Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier is a France Sociology, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently a Professor at the Sorbonne , and is a member of the Center for African Studies , a research center of the ?cole pratique des hautes ?tudes .... , Fredrik Bailey, Jeremy Boissevain, Marc Abélès, Jocelyne Streiff-Fenart, Ted C. Lewellen, Robert L. Carneiro
Robert L. Carneiro
Robert Leonard Carneiro is a prominent United States anthropologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History. Carneiro earned a Ph.D.... , John Borneman and Joan Vincent.
