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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0580 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Stateless societies (acephalous order) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Christopher Boehm argued that egalitarian foraging bands are sustained by a reverse dominance hierarchy, in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong and so keep would-be dominators in check.”

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Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology

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