1940ndatel Manchesteri koolkond - E.E. Evans-Pritchard - A.R. Radcliffe-Brown - M. Gluckman Tähelepanu võimuprotsessile, -dünaamikale E.E. Evans-Pritcahrd. The Nuer. (1940) Briti koloniaalvõimu poolt tellitud etnograafia, et leida viisi, kuidas nuere paremini valitseda. Nuerid - poolnomaadsed karjakasvatajad Sudaanis. Puudus selge poliitiline süsteem. Võidelnud erinevate naabrite ja kolonialistidega. Frederick Bailey. Stratagems and spoils. (1969) Normatiivsed reeglid Pragmaatikad (taktikad) Poliitika on oma reeglitega mäng, reeglid võivad ajas vahetuda. Talal Asad: kriitika Poliitiline süsteem on osa laiemast ajalooliselt põhistatud süsteemist, kus stabiilsus on näiline. Võim on seotud tootmisvahendite omamisega. Modelleerides motivatsiooni läbi eliidi tuleb arvestada klassidünaamikat. James Scott. Seeing like a state. (1998)
should have been amongst you at such a time. Pray write instantly, and let me understand it--unless it is, for very cogent reasons, to remain in the secrecy which Lydia seems to think necessary; and then I must endeavour to be satisfied with ignorance." "Not that I shall, though," she added to herself, as she finished the letter; "and my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find it out." Jane's delicate sense of honour would not allow her to speak to Elizabeth privately of what Lydia had let fall; Elizabeth was glad of it;--till it appeared whether her inquiries would receive any satisfaction, she had rather be without a confidante. Chapter 52 Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could