Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Alliance TheorySourcesWikipedia: Alliance TheoryEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Alliance Theory." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-alliance-theory.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Alliance Theory. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-alliance-theoryCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-alliance-theory, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Alliance Theory}, year = {2026}, url = {https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-alliance-theory}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on Claude Levi-Strauss's alliance theory of kinship.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_theorySource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3SourcesWikipedia: Alliance Theorytier 3WikipediaView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 3 connected, 1 critiqued Here. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Social Theory and Concepts, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 2 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Kinship and Family Systems, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 connected.Well-attested14Open QuestionsDoes Claude Levi-Strauss's alliance theory, which explains kinship systems as structured networks of marriage exchange between descent groups, better account for practices like cross-cousin marriage than the rival descent-centered, functionalist theory associated with A. R. Radcliffe-Brown?Social Theory and ConceptsAlliance TheorySourcesWikipedia: Alliance TheoryHolds2Kinship and Family SystemsCross-Cousin MarriageSocial Theory and ConceptsAlliance TheoryConnected3Kinship and Family SystemsCross-Cousin MarriageOpen QuestionsDoes Claude Levi-Strauss's alliance theory, which explains kinship systems as structured networks of marriage exchange between descent groups, better account for practices like cross-cousin marriage than the rival descent-centered, functionalist theory associated with A. R. Radcliffe-Brown?Social Theory and ConceptsAlliance TheoryCritiqued Here1Social Theory and ConceptsAlliance TheoryGeneral References3Open QuestionsDoes Claude Levi-Strauss's alliance theory, which explains kinship systems as structured networks of marriage exchange between descent groups, better account for practices like cross-cousin marriage than the rival descent-centered, functionalist theory associated with A. R. Radcliffe-Brown?Social Theory and ConceptsAlliance TheoryComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year