TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiner,Mark Stuart
TI  - The rule of the clan: what an ancient form of social organization reveals about the future of individual freedom 
SN  - 9780374252816 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - GN 487.7.C55 W45 2012
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Clans
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Kinship
KW  - Customary law
KW  - Law, Primitive
KW  - Democracy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Individualism's paradox --; From clan to club --; National security and clan honor --; Law without a state : the Nuer of Southern Sudan --; A state without a king : medieval Iceland --; Clannism and democratic reform : the Palestinian authority --; Solidarity, group honor, and shame : modern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan --; Feud as an instrument of harmony : the Philippines --; The king to king : state development in Anglo-Saxon England --; "We have made you into nations and tribes" : the vision of early Islam --; The romance of the clan --; The clan's return
N2  - A revealing look at the role kin-based societies have played throughout history and around the world. It examines the constitutional principles and cultural institutions from medieval Iceland to modern Pakistan
ER  -