Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent, and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village

Stephen M. Lyon

doi:10.1177/0894439312453275

Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent, and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village

Stephen M. Lyon

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Abstract

Pakistani Punjabi landlords use marriage both strategically as well as affectively. That is to say, they seek maximal political advantage and minimal household disruption with marriage arrangements. Using a set of formal networks analyses tools, this article examines two hundred years of marriage decisions for one Punjabi landlord family. The radical shift in marriage decisions beginning from the 1920s is the result of an earlier shift in inheritance rules. The resulting change in marriage decisions has impacted not only on household dynamics, but has disrupted longstanding factional associations within the village.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-55
Number of pages	11
Journal	Social Science Computer Review
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439312453275
Publication status	Published - Feb 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

formal models
genealogy
inheritance
kinship theory
social change
social networks

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