政治人类学是西方新兴起的一门学科 ,它试图用文化人类学的理论、方法研究政治制度和政治行为 ,从而总结出政治的本质和政治发展的一般规律。其与政治学的主要区别在于理论基础和研究对象不同 ,政治人类学的理论基础是文化人类学 ,研究对象主要是原始社会中的非正式权力关系。其研究方法主要有起源分析法、结构 -功能分析法、过程分析法和行为分析法等 Political anthropology is a newly emerging discipline in the West. It attempts to study the political system and political behavior with the theories and methods of cultural anthropology, and thus sums up the essence of politics and the general law of political development. The main difference between political anthropology and political science lies in the different theoretical basis and research object. The theoretical basis of political anthropology is cultural anthropology, and the research object is mainly the informal power relationship in primitive society. The research methods include the method of origin analysis, structure-function analysis, process analysis and behavior analysis