essay
Bases for political compliance in Bena villages
Political anthropology • Chicago • Published In 1966 • Pages: 89-108
By: Swartz, Marc J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Swartz discusses the psychological basis of Bena leadership. Based on data from life histories, interviews, and tests, Swartz identifies three main psychological characteristics: distrust, dependence, and hostility. According to Swartz, the Bena are depended on each other to get things done, however they are not totally trusting of each other and are fearful of personal hostility. Local leaders obtain power and legitimacy by serving an important role of arbitrating disputes and the political capital they thereby accrue can be put to other uses.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Personality traits
- Informal in-group justice
- Territorial hierarchy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bena
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Njombe District, Iringa Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marc J. Swartz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 108)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66015210
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bena (African people)