Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997 or 1998. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr Tim O'Meara. Normally one first year Anthropology subject (12.5 points). Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week. Students completing this subject should:

• have gained an understanding of the economic and political organisation of people in traditional tribal and peasant societies and those societies that are moving toward Western modernisation and development;
• have examined the interrelationships of subsistence economies, politics and acculturation in non-Western and localised societies; and
• have an acquaintance with anthropological techniques of analysing economic and political behaviour in non-Western societies.

The ethnology of economic and political systems with an emphasis on non-Western and localised societies. Written work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.