Social Institutions and Social Organizations ISS 215 Lecture 4 I Social Organizations Outline 1 Social Organizations A What are Social Organizations B Main Features C Operation of Social Organizations 2 Social Institutions A What are Social Institutions B Functions C Interdependence A What are Social Organizations Stable patterns of social relationships among individuals and groups in a society B Main Features Established Structure Coordinated Functional Activities The End The Results Agents of Ordering Human Agents Socio Cultural Agents C Operation of Social Organizations Creation of Human Relations Provisions of Needs and Wants Creation and Maintenance of Social Order Predictability 2 Social Institutions A What are Social Institutions All the beliefs and all the modes of conduct instituted by the collectivity Durkheim 1938 Set of Rules and Regulations that govern human needs B Functions of Social Institutions Economic Activities Socialization Education Social Control Religion Preservation and Transmission of Culture C Interdependence Education Politics Economy Family Religion
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