Redistribution (cultural anthropology)

Redistribution (cultural anthropology)

In cultural anthropology and sociology, redistribution implies the existence of a strong political centre such as kinship-based leadership, which receives and then redistributes subsistence goods according to culturally-specific principles.

See also

* Non-market economics
* Economic anthropology


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