1. Culture
... size beyond a certain point without resorting to segmentation: the formation of lineage's, clans. The word clannish points to one of the functions of segments in general: the fostering of solidarity. Tribes become segments in confederacies; and above the tribal level, the evolution of civil society employs barrios, counties, and states in its process of segmentation. In present-day society, ... the army and the church offer illuminating examples of increased size and sustained solidarity proceeding hand in hand. Occupational groupings were virtually lacking in all cultural systems of ab...
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