Secondly, anthropologists slowly started to develop a disciplinary concern with states and their institutions (and on the relationship between formal and informal political institutions).
sˈɛkəndli, ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts slˈoʊli stˈɑːɹɾᵻd tə dɪvˈɛləp ɐ dˈɪsɪplˌɪnɛɹi kənsˈɜːn wɪð stˈeɪts ænd ðɛɹ ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃənz ænd ɔnðə ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənʃˌɪp bᵻtwˌiːn fˈɔːɹməl ænd ɪnfˈɔːɹməl pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃənz.