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Study Guide Chapters 8-12 Chapter 8 Political Systems -Substantial variation in power, authority, and legal systems Power- ability to exercise one’s will over others Authority- is formal, socially approved use of power Sociopolitical Organization: discussing regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives Elman Service: Four types, or levels of political organization Band: small kin-based group among foragers Tribe- economy based on no intensive food production Chiefdom- intermediate form between tribe and state Differential Access: favored access to resources by superordinate or subordinates State- formal governmental structure and socioeconomic stratification