Why Is It Important to Remember That the Chiefdom and the State,like

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to remember that the chiefdom and the state,like many categories used by social scientists,are ideal types?

• A) They distinguish political and sociopolitical analyses among social scientists.
• B) They are useless in sociopolitical analysis.
• C) They represent social goals that politicians should strive to achieve.
• D) They are labels that make social contrasts seem sharper than they really are.
• E) They ensure that the field of anthropology remains more scientific.

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