ABSTRACT
The general theme of this book is the problem of social order and the implications of public controls. In the previous chapter, I have discussed the nature of social control in egalitarian societies, those defined by Mair as having minimal or diffuse governmental institutions, and have attempted to demonstrate that this control rested upon a belief that men must restrain themselves if they are to live together. They do not lack occasion for quarrels and hostility but they learn that they must control their hostility, their greed, and their envy if they are to survive. I also dealt with the process whereby a public consensus was achieved which enabled such communities to place under ban those who consistently went their own way. In this chapter, I propose to examine what happens as members of such societies are drawn into the orbit of a centralized administration having formal institutions for the maintenance of law and order.62
