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3 - Conflict Management, Status Competition, and Consumption in New Guinea, Medieval England, and Contemporary Britain

from Part I - Status Competition and Hierarchy in Human Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

By
Paul Roscoe
Edited by
Paul Roscoe  and
Cindy Isenhour
Paul Roscoe
Affiliation:
University of Maine
Cindy Isenhour
Affiliation:
University of Maine
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Summary

A theory developed from New Guinea ethnography that finds status competition to be a conflict-management system also appears to apply to medieval England, where the system was monopolized by elites, and to quotidian life in contemporary Britain, albeit with a reduced reach and through an additional, novel avenue to status. These findings are deployed to discuss viable policy options for moderating environmentally damaging consumption in the contemporary world.

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Contemporary Britainconsumptionmedieval EnglandNew Guineastatustax policy
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Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
Ecological and Anthropological Perspectives
 , pp. 59 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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