The term ‘alliance’ as it is used in anthropology refers to those social relations created by *marriage. The word derives from the French where it can be used to describe marriage, or the fact of being in an ‘in-law’ relation....

Complementary filiation was a term introduced by the group of anthropologists of Africa who are often referred to as *‘descent theorists’, foremost of whom was †M.Fortes. The phrase referred to the fact that in societies with...

The Alliance Party, or Samfylkinginflokkurinn, is the main social democratic party in Iceland. It is the result of a merger in 1999 of the People’s Alliance, the Social Democratic Party, the Women’s List and the National Movement. The party...

An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the...

Partners to Expand Website Offerings Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, has formed an alliance with Conferos, Inc., a provider of webbased project management and product development solutions, which will allow Ticona to offer product management and design collaboration services to...

THE CUT-AND-PASTE JOB is a type of book named after its manner of composition. The author, usually a journalist, goes through a clip file, cutting out all the items that support his thesis, and pastes them together, after light rewriting. The subject is...