In tribal societies, this is not easy to bring about.

In more homogenous societies, such as Libya, social solidarity tends to follow tribal and partisan lines.

However, some popular religious and tribal practices diverge from mainstream Islam, with a system of marabout societies being very common.

Unlike Tunisia and Egypt, which are largely homogeneous societies, Libya has important tribal cleavages, whereas Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria are riven by sectarianism.

The big man type of leader works in societies based on networks of tribal cultures that rely on personal and family honor and loyalty.

Whereas the centrality of the state in human affairs is a modern, European development, traditional societies like India or Pakistan have always regarded the state as no more than a necessary evil, since large societies cannot be managed on the old tribal basis.

It also encompasses a multitude of tribal conflicts inter tribal, as well as intra tribal and clan fights.

These leaders already know the tribal chiefs, spiritual leaders, and tribal customs and codes.

And I'm going to focus on Afghanistan and the Arab world with the UAE, how they're changing tribal societies, not by introducing Western ideas, but by being integrated into the language in those places.

David Logan on tribal leadership

FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Tribal leaders have joined the protesters.

Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network

In one particularly notorious case, 40 maliks (tribal leaders) holding a jirga (tribal assembly) were burned in an indiscriminate attack.

But my point in discussing this is to show you I hope I'll be able to show you how these merit based competitions, with equal access to everyone, with the winner selected via voting by SMS, are changing tribal societies.

Yemen is a tribal society and tribal sheikhs have a special social status and have been given rights and protection by the government.

Every tribal unit had its leader called Arifs.

The cattle provided food, currency, and tribal status.

Child labour, education and indigenous and tribal peoples

In The Division of Labour , Durkheim argued that in traditional primitive societies (those based around clan, family or tribal relationships) totemic religion played an important role in uniting members through the creation of a common consciousness ( conscience collective in the original French).

She was one of the founders of Denotified and Notified Tribal Rights Action Group, whose work among tribal communities spread from Bengal, Gujarat to Maharastra.

You see, now they've actually gone to tribal dynamics.

Indigenous and tribal peoples and poverty reduction strategy papers

(c) Encouraging tribal reconciliation and a culture of peace.

And in both the tribal and the non tribal groups, the bilinguals displayed greater integrative tendency and were less segregation oriented compared to the monolinguals (ibid.).

A number of ILO conventions other than Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries are of relevance to indigenous and tribal peoples.

Tribal emotions are embarrassing, and dangerous when given free reign.

A resurgent Taliban in its tribal areas has destabilized Pakistan.

About 10 senior tribal figures were also among the dead.

Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

Preliminary conclusions concerning Goal 1 and indigenous and tribal peoples

Preliminary conclusions concerning Goal 2 and indigenous and tribal peoples

The Committee welcomes the State party's ratification in 2002 of International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries.

Restoring security in Mali requires dialogues between village and tribal leaders.

INDISCO programme promotion of decent work for indigenous and tribal peoples

Almost the entire tribal belt along the Pakistan Afghanistan border is suffering.

He comes from a small tribe in the larger Hashid tribal confederation.

The !Kung medicine men effect a cure by performing a tribal dance.

There were 15 tribal countries out of 54 located in the region.

ILO Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries

It menaces deeply conservative societies.

Fragmentation also affects societies internally.

The US and Latin American countries are all conquest societies, in which Europeans ruled over multi racial societies.

(j) The abduction of women and children by tribal groups and other militias

The Taliban is spread throughout the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.