Political leadership among Swat Pathans / Fredrik Barth.

A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes. This study describes certain aspects of the society of the Pathans of the Swat valley in the North-West...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Series:Monographs on social anthropology ; no. 19.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. INTRODUCTION 2. GENERAL ECOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY OF SWAT 3. UNDERLYING FRAMEWORKS OF ORGANIZATION 4. NEIGHBOURHOOD, MARRIAGE AND AFFINITY 5. RELATIONS OF INEQUALITY AND AUTHORITY 6. LAND TENURE AND POLITICAL RELATIONS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES 7. AUTHORITY AND FOLLOWING OF CHIEFS 8. AUTHORITY AND FOLLOWING OF SAINTS 9. ALLIANCES AND POLITICAL BLOCS IO. HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF SWAT STATE II. CONCLUSION.