Social Institutions

Social Institutions are established sets of norms and subsystems that support each society's survival.

Each sector carries out certain tasks and has different responsibilities that contribute to the overall functioning and stability of a society. This helps to decrease chaos and increase structure. While societies may differ in how they establish these responsibilities, they all have economic, governmental, family, educational and religious institutions.

Social Institutions Economy Government

Family

Economy In society, without an economic system, the transfer of materials would break down. The economy is responsible for managing how a society produces and distributes its goods, services and resources. There are two dominant economic systems in the world: capitalism and socialism. Both of these have the same purpose but are structured differently. It's like having a pair of racing tires and a pair of all-terrain tires. Both will roll, but do so differently.

Government

The governmental institution develops and implements rules and decides how to manage relations with other societies. Much like the handlebars on a bike, it helps decide what direction to go and how to get there. The four main types of governments throughout the world are democracy, authoritarian, monarchy and totalitarian. Each has differing views on who runs the government, as well as the amount of freedom and opinions the citizens are allowed to have.

Family

The family institution serves the purpose of nurturing and socializing children, passing on generational traditions and providing a sense of belonging and identity. Just like a kickstand holds up a bicycle, the family system creates a similar support for individuals.

social group two or more people who interact with one another, and who share a common identity and a sense of belonging or "we-ness"

primary group -a relatively small group of people who engage in intimate face-to-face interaction over an

extended period secondary group

-a large, usually formal, impersonal, and temporary collection of people who pursue a specific goal or activity ideal types

-general traits that describe a social phenomenon rather than every case in-groups

-people who share a sense of identity and "we-ness" that typically excludes and devalues outsiders out-groups

-people who are viewed and treated negatively because they are seen as having values, beliefs, and other characteristics different from those of an in-group

reference group -a group of people who shape our behavior, values, and attitudes

groupthink -a tendency of in-group members to conform without critcally testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas, which results in narrow view of an issue social network -a web of social ties that links an individual to others formal organization -a complex and structured secondary group that has been deliberately created to achieve specific goals in an efficient manner voluntary association

voluntary association -a formal organization created by people who share a common set of interests and who are not paid for thier participation bureaucracy -a formal organization that is designed to accomplish goals and tasks through the efforts of a large number of people in the most efficient and rational way possible alienation -a feeling of isolation, meaninglessness that may affect workers in bureaucracy iron law of oligarchy -the tendency of a bureaucracy to become increasingly dominated by a small group of people glass ceiling -attitudes or organizational biases in the workplace that prevent women from advancing to leadership positions social institution -an organized and established social system that meets one or more of a society's base needs

 

References •SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Society and Culture.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2006. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.•https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture

•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

PREPARED BY:NELIZA LAURENIO