CORRELATES OF POLITICAL COMPLEXITY.

Authors :: Abrahamson, Mark
Source :: American Sociological Review; Oct69, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p690-701, 12p
Publication Year :: 1969
Abstract: <em>The correlates of political complexity in a geographically representative sample of 38 pre-industrial societies are analyzed. The results show that the degree of political complexity is more strongly related to degree of social differentiation than to size and concentration of population. The relationships are stronger for 28 societies not facing a great threat of external attack. Neither pervasiveness of the kinship organization nor degree of socio-economic development is found to be independently related to political complexity</em>. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]