Stateless society Stateless society is a society that lacks formal institutions of government.
State society State society is a society that possesses a formal apparatus of government.
Post-industrial society Post-industrial society is a society based on the production of services and information rather than material goods. This is a notion advocated by those who believe that the industrial order is passing.
Pre-industrial society Pre-industrial society is a broad classification of all modes of production that came before industrialism. The most common of these are hunting-
Intersocietal selection Intersocietal selection is the evolution of the global system of societies by which larger, more technologically advanced societies have prevailed in
Herding society Herding society (also called “pastoral society”) is a society whose subsistence is based on domesticated animals.
Agricultural society Agricultural society is the society whose mode of production is based on agriculture (crop growing) primarily through the use of human and animal energy.
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