essay

Tribes and the state in nineteenth- and twentieth- century Iran

Tribes and state formation in the Middle EastBerkeleyPublished In 1990 • Pages: 185-225

By: Beck, Lois.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Beck examines the Iranian tribal organization and its historical relationship to the state. She argues that the tribe and state were interdependent and did not function as two separate, opposing systems. Whereas most of the research has focussed on the state's impact on tribes, Beck looks on the influence of tribes on the state. She concludes by listing five patterns of relationships between tribal polities and the Iranian state.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethnic stratification
Tribe and nation
Territorial hierarchy
Form and rules of government
External relations
Political movements
Revolution
Religious denominations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Iran
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
unknown
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1000-1990
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Iran
NotesAdditional notes
Lois Beck
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90035640
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iranians