SOC530 KINSHIP,TRIBE,CON.&STATE C.ASIA&M. EAS

Course Code:2320530
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Sociology
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. SENCER AYATA
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

The kinship-based structure of tribal organization and its relation to supra-tribal and non-tribal forms of organization in Central Asia and the Middle East. Concept of the segmentary lineage system and its critics; tribal structure as an organizational framework functioning simultaneously at various levels from local to societal; the historical conflict between tribe and state in the two regions.


Course Learning Outcomes