Introduction

This book departs from a triadic approach that is characteristic of the analysis of political figurations. The family is such a triad in which a father, a mother, and a child (if it concerns a traditionally composed family) are the stakeholders in the political negotiations that make up the cement of the figuration. But that’s not all! This primary survival unit is linked to the work organization and the state and the interplay between these levels is constitutive of the total power house that society is. By analyzing the negotiations at different levels, the authors in the book analyze the changes in state, military, and family relationships.