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SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS:

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Social Institutions:

Nature:

Social institutions are the preservers & the

transmitters of cultural patterns.

Definition:

The social structure & machinery through Which

human society organizes, directs, & executes the

multifarious activities required to satisfy human

needs.

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Social Institutions:

Elements:

I. A group of people.

II. United by common interest.

III. Having material resources.

IV.Having norms, &

V. Fulfill some social needs.

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Social Institutions:

Characteristics:

I. Commonly accepted.II. Permanent.

III. Dynamic.

IV. Binding.

V. Inter dependent.

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Social Institutions:

Types:

I. Family Institution

II. Religious Institution

III. Educational Institution

IV. Economic InstitutionV. Political Institution

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Social Institutions:

Types:

I. Family Institution:

A basic social institution important to the survival

of a society.

Comprising a system of interrelated social roles &

norms.

Organized around the rearing of children &

The structuring of kinship relationships.

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Social Institutions:

Types:

II. Religious Institution:

The system of social norms & roles. Organized about the need to answer ultimate

questions.

Concerning the purpose of life & the meaning ofdeath.

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Social Institutions:

Types:

III.Educational Institution:

The system of interrelated social roles & norms.

That ensures the transmission of knowledge from

one generation to an other.

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Social Institutions:

Types:

IV.Economic Institution:

The system of social roles & norms.

Organized about the production, distribution, &

consumption of goods & services.

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Social Institutions:

Types:

V. Political Institution:

The complex of social norms & roles, that serves to

maintain social order.

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Social Institutions:

Interrelationships Between Social Institutions:

Family

Political Religious

Economic Education

Interrelationships

Social

Institutions

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Social Institutions:

Functions:

Fulfillment of needs. (Biogenic & Sociogenic)

Personality formation.

Preservation/transmission of culture.

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Social Institutions:

Functions:

Stability for the organization.

Maintenance of order.

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