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the dynamics of societal diversity: notes from Nicaragua for a sociology of survival
Author(s) -
ADAMS RICHARD N.
Publication year - 1981
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.1981.8.1.02a00010
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , politics , sociology , social dynamics , anthropology , social science , political economy , ethnology , political science , law
At a more profound level than political economy, cultures and social structures are constantly generating new forms. Since this genesis has not been adequately conceptualized, a preliminary model for emergent phenomena in complex societies is suggested, analyzing the history and contemporary revolutionary situation of the Nicaraguan Atlantic region Indians. [complex societies, Nicaragua, Indians, survival vehicles, revolution, cultural emergence]