James G Peoples
Biographic Data
| ID | 201100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James G Peoples |
| GIVEN NAMES | James G |
| FAMILY NAME | Peoples |
| SIGNATURE | PEOPLES J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tulsa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Political Evolution in Micronesia
Anthropology has a longstanding interest in the evolution of social and political systems. Although human cultures are diverse due to their histories and environmental settings, comparative research has established the existence of predominant general evolutionary trends. Among these are: increasing scale of the maximally organized political unit; increasing structural and functional differentiation of organized groups, involving specialization a…
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Uniformity and Diversity in Micronesia . Iwao Ushijima and Ken‐ichi Sudo , eds
Islandin Trust: Culture Change and Dependence in a Micronesian Economy
Ceremonies and Village Economic Change: A Conceptual Framework and an Application
The effects of ceremonial customs on village economies have received considerable attention from social scientists. This paper proposes a comparative framework for analyzing the impacts of ceremonial exchanges on economic change in village populations. The demand and distributive dimensions of ceremonial exchanges are distinguished. The demand dimension encompasses the aggregate effects of ceremonial exchanges on consumption; the distributive dim…
Culture, Environment, and the Ills of Adaptationism [and Comments and Reply]
The concept of "adaptation," properly used to describe the relation between "culture" and man's physiological needs, is commonly employed in anthropology to refer to the relationship between human sociocultural institutions and "nature." An attempt is made here to expose the "adaptationist programme" behind this latter conception, the main components of which are (1) the notion of an all-embracing ecosystem whose evolution is subject to (2) self-…
On the Reinterpretation of Maring Ritual
Individual or Group Advantage? A Reinterpretation of the Maring Ritual Cycle
Most theories in the social sciences posit that behaviors exist because of their functions for individuals, for the structure of groups, or for the system of adaptation of a population to its environment. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its social or ecological function, the problem is to show how individuals come to behave in group-advantageous ways. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its advantages for individuals, the pr…
Dependence in a Micronesian economy
The inadequacy of the assumptions and implied policies of the modernization paradigm has led to a reaction against it by dependency theorists. Two major weaknesses of dependency theory are that it assumes a single kind of exploitative relation between rich and poor nations and that it fails to analyze the economic strategies of village people in dependent areas. Micronesia represents a form of dependency in which exploitation by capitalist powers…
Individual or Group Advantage? A Reinterpretation of the Maring Ritual Cycle
Most theories in the social sciences posit that behaviors exist because of their functions for individuals, for the structure of groups, or for the system of adaptation of a population to its environment. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its social or ecological function, the problem is to show how individuals come to behave in group-advantageous ways. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its advantages for individuals, the pr…
Culture, Environment, and the Ills of Adaptationism [and Comments and Reply]
The concept of "adaptation," properly used to describe the relation between "culture" and man's physiological needs, is commonly employed in anthropology to refer to the relationship between human sociocultural institutions and "nature." An attempt is made here to expose the "adaptationist programme" behind this latter conception, the main components of which are (1) the notion of an all-embracing ecosystem whose evolution is subject to (2) self-…
Political Evolution in Micronesia
Anthropology has a longstanding interest in the evolution of social and political systems. Although human cultures are diverse due to their histories and environmental settings, comparative research has established the existence of predominant general evolutionary trends. Among these are: increasing scale of the maximally organized political unit; increasing structural and functional differentiation of organized groups, involving specialization a…
Dependence in a Micronesian economy
The inadequacy of the assumptions and implied policies of the modernization paradigm has led to a reaction against it by dependency theorists. Two major weaknesses of dependency theory are that it assumes a single kind of exploitative relation between rich and poor nations and that it fails to analyze the economic strategies of village people in dependent areas. Micronesia represents a form of dependency in which exploitation by capitalist powers…
Ceremonies and Village Economic Change: A Conceptual Framework and an Application
The effects of ceremonial customs on village economies have received considerable attention from social scientists. This paper proposes a comparative framework for analyzing the impacts of ceremonial exchanges on economic change in village populations. The demand and distributive dimensions of ceremonial exchanges are distinguished. The demand dimension encompasses the aggregate effects of ceremonial exchanges on consumption; the distributive dim…
Dependence in a Micronesian economy
The inadequacy of the assumptions and implied policies of the modernization paradigm has led to a reaction against it by dependency theorists. Two major weaknesses of dependency theory are that it assumes a single kind of exploitative relation between rich and poor nations and that it fails to analyze the economic strategies of village people in dependent areas. Micronesia represents a form of dependency in which exploitation by capitalist powers…
On the Reinterpretation of Maring Ritual
Individual or Group Advantage? A Reinterpretation of the Maring Ritual Cycle
Most theories in the social sciences posit that behaviors exist because of their functions for individuals, for the structure of groups, or for the system of adaptation of a population to its environment. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its social or ecological function, the problem is to show how individuals come to behave in group-advantageous ways. If a behavior is assumed to exist because of its advantages for individuals, the pr…
Culture, Environment, and the Ills of Adaptationism [and Comments and Reply]
The concept of "adaptation," properly used to describe the relation between "culture" and man's physiological needs, is commonly employed in anthropology to refer to the relationship between human sociocultural institutions and "nature." An attempt is made here to expose the "adaptationist programme" behind this latter conception, the main components of which are (1) the notion of an all-embracing ecosystem whose evolution is subject to (2) self-…
Islandin Trust: Culture Change and Dependence in a Micronesian Economy
Ceremonies and Village Economic Change: A Conceptual Framework and an Application
The effects of ceremonial customs on village economies have received considerable attention from social scientists. This paper proposes a comparative framework for analyzing the impacts of ceremonial exchanges on economic change in village populations. The demand and distributive dimensions of ceremonial exchanges are distinguished. The demand dimension encompasses the aggregate effects of ceremonial exchanges on consumption; the distributive dim…
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Uniformity and Diversity in Micronesia . Iwao Ushijima and Ken‐ichi Sudo , eds
Political Evolution in Micronesia
Anthropology has a longstanding interest in the evolution of social and political systems. Although human cultures are diverse due to their histories and environmental settings, comparative research has established the existence of predominant general evolutionary trends. Among these are: increasing scale of the maximally organized political unit; increasing structural and functional differentiation of organized groups, involving specialization a…
Sociology (7 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Adaptation (eye (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · History (2 works)