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The paper looks at how in her chapter "Individual Autonomy and Social Structure," Dorothy Lee addresses the key social problem of how we reconcile social structure and order with the perceived need for individual freedom and autonomy. The paper looks at how she examines several societies in which she argues that this conflict has been successfully resolved, including several North American aboriginal societies. The paper shows how Lee illustrates her point by showing how this key social problem has been resolved in the society of the Navajo Indians of North America.

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"In her chapter "Individual Autonomy and Social Structure," Dorothy Lee addresses the key social problem of how we may reconcile social structure and order with the perceived need for individual freedom and autonomy. She examines several societies in which she argues that this conflict has been successfully resolved, including several North American Aboriginal societies. As will be shown in this essay, Lee illustrates her point by showing how this key social problem has been resolved in the society of the Navajo Indians of North America. In particular, she examines how this issue has been resolved in the challenging area of child-rearing."

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