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    political dynasty

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    Philippine’s Political Dynasty The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states in Article II Section 26‚ "The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service‚ and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law." How can we define political dynasty? Political dynasty is a family‚ clans or group that maintains power for several generations. These clans root themselves into our national and local governments for many decades. Almost every position in the government

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    The Basseri Khan

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    The Basseri Khan | The Basseri of Iran have a formal leader called the Khan‚ or chief. Barth (1961‚ p. 74) describes him as having "great power and privilege‚" with autocratic power over his subjects. The Khan and his relatives form a wealthy‚ elite stratum who conspicuously displays its wealth in a large tent in camp and a large villa in the village. The Khan and his kin reside most of the time in the village‚ having given up their daily nomadic life so that others herd their animals.The Khan

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    Family I Believe Paper

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    F.O.E. F.O.E. is something which is commonly said which stands for family over everything. This saying is something which has become very important to me within the past couple of years. This has happened due to some events‚ realizations‚ and actions. It took losing them to actually realize the importance of having them within your life. There have also been actions done by them‚ as well as myself‚ which gave a great sense of how important these people in our lives really are. Many events have

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    Kinship is traced matrilineally in Mosuo society by The Mosuo are a small community living around Republic of China. But many Mosuo people commemorate an matrilineal culture‚ by tracing ancestry through the female side of the genealogy. Matrilineality is the discover of descent through the female family line. It may also matches with a society system in which each person is recognized with their mother’s ancestry which can involve the legacy of property or titles. Matrilineal descent from a

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    ABSTRACT Political Dynasty in the Philippines especially in Makati City is evident since the reigning time of Cory Aquino when she assigned the Binay family in that area. The study of Political Dynasty in an area is beneficial to Filipinos because the knowledge and evidence of this topic could enlighten them. In Makati City‚ it is evident that political dynasty is present because of the positive and negative effects of political dynasty that were agreed by the respondents. Results show that the residence

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    Anthro 201-Intro to Social Anthropology Prof. Ward‚ Fall 2013 Study Questions: Anthropology & Contemporary Human Problems 6th Edition by John H. Bodley Chapter 1: Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems 1. Who is Franz Boas? What does this quote mean? What problems confront us today? 2. What do we mean by ‘progress’? Is human cultural evolution progress? 3. What human system of adaptation do we live in today? 4. What changes in our society have dramatically

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    Azande Kinship Essay

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    years the Azande have adopt to the new century shifting their ways of living. We will discuss and identify the key features of society’s kinship structures‚ discuss the type of political/leadership found within the Azande and finally we will highlight the important features of the coviety;s religious and economic structures. The key features of the Azande kinship structures are based on Kin Groups and Descent. This society is based on patrilineal meaning that every children’s relationship is based

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    social systems‚ habits of Chinese and English address terms are different. It is of great help for English language learners to communicate with understanding these differences. In this dissertation‚ address terms are divided into the name address‚ kinship terms‚ social address and reference terms. Chinese address terms system is complex and detailed‚ and includes hundreds of address terms. While English address terms system is relatively simple‚ general‚ and ambiguous and with a high degree of generality

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    Racial Kinship Debate

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    purposes of this paper‚ will serve as our definition. The second form of taking race into account‚ called "racial kinship"‚ is when members of a particular race treat members of his or her own race with more benevolence than he or she would treat someone outside of his or her own race. Although both forms of taking race into account involve treating people differently based on race‚ racial kinship‚ unlike (our definition of) racism‚ is not entirely destructive in practice. A prevalent question in the arena

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    Iroquois Kinship System

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    Iroquois Kinship 1 Iroquois Kinship System Carl B. Lockhart ANT 101 Robert Moon August 29‚ 2011 Iroquois Kinship 2 Iroquois Kinship System The first scientific investigation of an

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