Exam 7: Law and Politics

Among some Indian cultures,a(n) __________ is described as a supernaturally controlled,painful,or physically dangerous test that is used to settle a dispute.

According to Nordstrom in "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story of Amputees," the United Nations worker equated __________ to the invisible center of gravity of the society.

According to Nordstrom in "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story of Amputees," when a woman receives the entire banking pot in her informal banking group,she often will use the money to

The process of making and carrying out public policy through the use of culturally defined categories and rules is called

The cultural knowledge that people use to settle disputes by means of agents who have recognized authority is called

The right to make and enforce public policy is called

The case of the Gypsy defendant described by Sutherland in "The Case of an American Gypsy" represents a good illustration of what happens when

According to Eames in in "Negotiating Nigerian Bureaucracies," bribery

In Nigeria,power and authority derive from

According to Spradley and McCurdy in "Law and Order," the agreed upon way to settle disputes is called

In "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story of Amputees," Nordstrom observes that the earnings,networks,and contributions to development by the amputees and other women in Africa

In "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story of Amputees," Nordstrom illustrates that the self-run,informal banking system that the women of Muleque developed was

As reported by Spradley and McCurdy in "Law and Order," anthropologist Laura Nader feels that in Ralu'a,there is a strong value on_________,which underlies the community's substantive and procedural law.

When people feel that a policy is wrong,but accept it because they value the government that makes the policy,they are giving a kind of support called

When disputes are settled through a community meet-ing that provides for an informal airing of the conflict,we term this kind of settlement process

Anything that contributes to the adoption of public policy and its enforcement is called

In the Western system of legal domination,an official's authority is based on

In "The Case of an American Gypsy," Sutherland reports that for Gypsies,going to jail

The famous American saying "It's not what you know,it's who you know" best describes the primary dynamic of

A feud is an example of