By Ensuring That the Whole Group Will Prevent a Single

question 41

Multiple Choice

By ensuring that the whole group will prevent a single individual from being politically dominant or from exercising undue coercive powers, reverse dominance accomplishes which of the following?

• A) causes bands to be unstable political units that often fission without warning
• B) reinforces patterns of egalitarianism intrinsic to band-level societies
• C) makes it impossible for a band leader to make any changes that might benefit the group
• D) makes it extremely difficult for bands to find anyone who will assume a leadership role

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