Ssc lesson 6
social institutions
refers to organize sets of elements such as belief rules practices and relationships that exist to attain social order
tell us the social institution are ordered sets of rules norms beliefs or values that organize human behavior
institutional approach
focuses on social relation rather than rules norms beliefs or values
relational approach
consider as a vital social institution
family
family is having a risen from a man's desire to leave something of himself behind
aristotle
compose of parents and childrens
nuclear family
composed of nuclear and other relatives such as grandparents ants uncle and cousins
extended families
composed of the spouses and their children from a previous marriage
reconstituted families
a social structure defined by relations among individuals linked by blood or marriage ties
kinship
ones decent is based on female line
matrilineal kinship
once descent is based on the male line
patrilineal kinship
once discent system is based on what male and female lines
bilineal kinship
formally recognize the union of man and woman
marriage
a spouse cannot have more than one spouse
monogamous
a person can have more than one spouse
polygamous
husband could take many wives
polygyny
wife can have many husbands
polyandry
an institution that address questions regarding limited resources of society
economy
the market is a self regulating mechanism
adam smith
they believe that the bourgeoisie or the social class that largely controls the means of production would have an overwhelming control over the free market system
socialist s
is made up of those who are in the financial sector like bankers in industrialist and owners of corporations
bourgeoisie
refers to the cases when the market becomes inefficient due to imperfect competition imperfect information imperfect mobility and the like
market failures