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of livelihood." In the same passage he notes that "It will be seen that the Nuer political system is consistent with their ecology" (Evans-Pritchard, 1969, p. 4). The author then sets forth the groups within the Nuer society with which he will deal, including "the tribe and its segments, the clan and its lineages, and the age-sets." According to the functionalist perspective, he concludes that "Each of these groups is, or forms a part of, a segmentary system, by reference to which it is defined." Finally, he says that his study will "descr

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