Tribes Without Rulers: Studies in African Segmentary Systems

by John Middleton and David Tait

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Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or specialized political offices, have been called 'ordered anarchies'.
First published in 1958.

  • ISBN10 1138861901
  • ISBN13 9781138861909
  • Publish Date 23 December 2014 (first published 26 February 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 248
  • Language English