ABSTRACT
In speaking of social organization our aim is to extract die regularities from the social implications of the process of decision-making and allied processes. Ideally, generalizations should be produced indicating what solutions tend to be arrived at in specific situations in conformity with specific principles. For the principle of unity of the sibling group to have full use as interpretation the structural principle must be supported by organizational analysis - concerned with allocation of responsibility, with definition of aims, and with the effects of multiple structural principles in action together. The principle of avoidance of extremes is generally operative in Tikopia social action. An example which illustrates how such individual action forms a part of social organization is the process of use of a mediator. The chapter considers the general question of social organization further, in the political field, in regard to a problem of succession.
