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political conflict and social change in an Italian commune 1
Author(s) -
COHEH EUGENE N.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1974.1.2.02a00020
Subject(s) - politics , perspective (graphical) , political change , sociology , epistemology , social change , positive economics , social conflict , social science , political economy , political science , law , philosophy , economics , mathematics , geometry
Political conflicts occurring between villages in a Central Italian commune are analyzed both as singular cases and as a series of connected situations. I argue that the latter perspective provides the basis for an understanding of structural change, which is lacking in the individual case‐study approach favored by processual analysis.