Correlates of political complexity

American Sociological Review • Vol/Iss. 34 • Published In • Pages: 690-701 •
By Abrahamson, Mark

Hypothesis

"Political complexity is inversely related to pervasiveness of the kinship organization" (692)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationNot Supportedabove .10.10UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Pervasiveness Of Kinship OrganizationUNKNOWNKin Groups
Political ComplexityUNKNOWNTerritorial Organization

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Currie, Thomas E.Societies change their political organization (increase or decrease) in any way (sequential or non-sequential) [The "full" model] (802).
Watts, JosephAs predicted by top-down theories of conversion, Austronesian cultures with greater political organization will be faster to convert to Christianity than those with less political organization.
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases in hierarchical organization do not occur [The "rectilinear" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases to adjacent, less hierarchical forms of organization are possible [The "unilinear" model] (802).
Currie, Thomas E.Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in incremental steps, and decreases in hierarchical organization to any less complex form can occur [The "relaxed unilinear" model] (802).