Academic Catalog

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

Course Code: 2320530
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
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 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.