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rank societies  

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  • How people are socially situated in any given society vis-à-vis others is more than simply a political question, it is an issue of people's relative “value” as this is determined by the members of a community. In anthropology, issues of rank are often found in chapters concerning political processes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Societies, Rank]

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