clan system
Ancestral group structure
A clan system is a form of social organization based on kinship groups sharing common ancestry, real or symbolic.
Members typically share a name, identity, and mutual obligations.
Clan systems have governed inheritance, marriage rules, and political alliances across many cultures: The Scottish clan system organized Highland society for centuries.
Under the clan system, disputes were settled by elders.
- chieftaincyAuthority of tribal leader
- tribal elderSenior community authority figure
- elderSenior figure of authority
- elder councilGoverning body of seniors
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
kinship · exogamy · lineage · oral history · moiety · sib · rituals · consensus-building · tribe · dispute resolution · social hierarchy · kin · common ancestor · vendetta · tribal governance · highland · inheritance · land rights
clan systemindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
meritocracy · voluntary association · civic society · class system · professional association
clan systemnation-state
Sovereign political territory
centralized government · constitutional democracy · rule of law · constitutional government