SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Flashcards
refer to organized set of elements such as beliefs rules etc that exist to attain social order
social institutions
elements of social institutions
- institutional approach
- relational approach
ordered set of rules norms etc that organize human behavior
institutional approach
focuses on social relations rather than rules norms etc
relational approach
analyzing social institutions
it is important on how to determine how their different elements are organized into a coherent whole
reinforce one another rather then conflict with one another
tenets
primary examples of social institutions
family economy education health religion nonstate institutions
vital social institutions
family
is a group of people who are related by birth marriage and shared residences
family
he considered the family as having arisen from man’s desire to leave something of himself behind
aristotle
kinds of families
nuclear families
extended families
reconstituted families
families that are composed if parents and children
nuclear families
composed of nuclear family and other relatives
extended families
composed of spouses and their children from a previous marriage
reconstituted families
social structure defined by relations among individuals linked by blood or marriage ties
kinship
types of kinship
matrilineal kinship- female line
patrilinelal kinship- male line
bilineal kinship- both male and female lines
culture specific
marriage
