ABSTRACT
Political institutions in Hanuabada-Elevala deal with two central problems. The first is the maintenance of law and order and of external security, a problem in which diffuse social control merges with the specifically political. The second is the mobilization of the co-operative resources of the community for projects and policies which are recognized to be of importance for the village group as a whole, mainly through the medium of the Hanuabada Native Council. 72
