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The roles which individuals perform, therefore, establish a place for them within society. Each comes to be seen more clearly by other members: as father, insurance salesman, secretary of the local choral society and city councillor. But these roles alone do not go far enough in classifying them. Other members come to learn not only what roles their fellow members perform but what kind of role: good or bad, one to be imitated or avoided, to be respected or condemned.
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Cf. R. L. Walker, The Multi-State System in Ancient China (Hamden, Conn., 1959) p. 77: “The states strove to outdo each other in their ceremonies to such an extent that their ability to put on a rich ceremonial feast frequently determined their position among their associates”.
See G. Mattingly, Renaissance Diplomacy (London, 1955) p. 35
S. B. Fay, The Origins of the World War (New York, 1940) vol. ii, p. 158.
D. C. B. Lieven, Russia and the Origins of the First World War (London, 1983) pp. 142–2.
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Luard, E. (1990). Status. In: International Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20636-0_9
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