scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessBook

Political leadership among Swat Pathans

Fredrik Barth
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans, emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes as mentioned in this paper. But it does not consider the role of women in political leadership.
Abstract
A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes.

read more

Citations
More filters
Book ChapterDOI

The Bhils in the Historic Setting of Western India

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the processes of the interaction between the Bhils and the regional states and the rural society in which they lived in southern Rajasthan and Gujarat in medieval times.
Dissertation

Community perceptions of Artesunate Amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Anakyin in the Cape Coast Metropolis

Martin Ampofo
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of education.iii.iiiiii.
Journal ArticleDOI

Loss of Highly Influential Figure in Social Anthropology: A Tribute to Fredrik Barth

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of the literature in Sociology and Anthropology in the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology, and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 184-191
Journal ArticleDOI

Cultural Transformation of Ex-PLA in Nepal: A Case Study of Kailali District

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined how the cultural values of ex-PLA have changed along with their social position and investigated the three conditions of Ex-PLA: before, being, and after the war; and its integration.