After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

• Understand the motivations that lead to the establishment of government, aka Bobsville.
• Describe the importance of collective action in Bobsville.
• On threat of banishment, define the different types of security.
• Explain the concept of power.
• Now describe the relationship of anarchy and power.
• Go to the opposite extreme, and describe the context of hierarchy.
• Describe how alliances work, on Gilligan’s Island, Game of Thrones, or real life.
• Identify the factors that go into determining who’s in a group and how the members interact.