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Social Institutions
By: Elizabeth Berrios
May 1, 2017
The social institution that organizes a society's production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
Economy directly affects the prosperity of a society; a growing economy means a growing society. An economy must increase income while decrease expendetures of goods and services.
Economy has a significant affect on the development of its society, An economy helps to create job opportunities, this will lead to higher incomes for individuals and families.
Many economys go through periods of rise and decline; greatly impacting its community. Many factors can easily trigger an economic decline. When in decline there are less job opportunites, lower income for workers, and businesses are unable to obtain a required revenue.
The social institution that distributes power and sets a course of actions for a society.
Government is based on politics, it is a way to authorize a select group of people to direct and control individuals to gain stability among the community. This institution is what creates and enforces laws to produce a safer enviroment.
Politics is responsible for a safe community as well as social programs that can further develop its society. Education and job opportunites can be seen as a product of politics.
The political hierarchy clearly seperates those directly involved in the government and those who are not, creating a clear sense of inequality. There are high chances of corruption between politicans. Rebellion is commonly seen in societies where inhabitants do not agree with the views of those working with the government.
Health is the state fo complete physical, mental and social well-being. Welfare is the good fortune, health, happiness, properity of a person, group or organization.
A society aims to have high standards of health and welfare and for its individuals to meet the criteria. The standards of health and welfare can be interpreted by socially-constructed views and norms. These standards are needed to work towards a healthier and happier society.
The institution of health and welfare allows individuals to stay healthy and get medical help when necessary. It has taught societies when it is necessary to seek help.
Emotions and socially-constructed meanings are commonly used to interpret a societies standards in health and welfare. This can be problematic in societies that have far different views on health and welfare norms compared to medical facts.
A social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one
Families evolve faster than any other social instituiton. The family continues to develop a society by passing on beliefs, traditions, and cultural/societal norms. A family shares an intimate bond, it creates a sense of identity, this ultimately affects social interaction
Without the institution of family a society would fail. Family is responsible for socialization, social placement, and material and emotional security within society.
In many cultures it has become common for families to be seen as patriarchal and endogamous, between a man and wife. This has caused seperation and discrimination towards families who do not meet these ideas.
Religion is a social institution involving beliefs and practices based on recognizing the sacred Faith.
Religion has played a role in changing a society's culture throughout history. In a society there are often subgroups that have certain religious beliefs and practices. Every religion holds different beliefs, values, practices, and symbolisms. Religious groups aim to make their beliefs more wide spread and accepted.
Within a society, religion provides a sense of unity between a group of people. It helps to mold and develop a society. Practicing a religion can provide a sense of signifigance and reason for life.
Many religions commonly practiced across the world have been established for centuries. Their beliefs follow an "old-fashioned" mindset. Many traditions involve a patriarchal lifestyle further enabling gender discrimination.
Education
Education is the social institution that allows society at large to pass its knowledge, including basic facts, job skills and cultural norms and values, on to the next generation.
A society may use many different forms of education in order to pass on standard knowledge, specific skills, societal norms, and cultural beliefs to the next generation. The different forms of education are classified as formal or informal. Schooling is considered to be formal, while cultivating knowledge through conversation and experience would be informal.
There are countless ways to spread and obtain knowledge, because of this it can be very easy for those in a society to educate one another. Education has lead to socialization, cultural innovations, and job opportunities.
There are still many factors preventing a large portion of people to aquire an education level that meets one's societal standards, primarily due to the formal schooling system. Students will often drop out of school before graduating or are not able to afford formal schooling at all.
All six social institutions play a key role in developed societies. If one instituion were to disappear it would cause another to collapse due to its direct depedency on the former. The other institutions would soon fail in a chain reaction inevitably leading to the downfall of the society affected.
Economy and Education directly affect each other when it come to jobs. The economy is responsible for creating jobs for individuals to help further boost the economy. The education system is responsible for teaching individuals valuable and special skills that meet the requirements needed to obtain jobs.
Religion plays an important role by helping to mold societal norms, traditions, and beliefs. Families helps to pass these values onto their children, allowing the religious practices to to be spread through future generations.
Although science can be seen as apart of the social institution of education, it plays a large role in any society. Without a strong scientific field it would be impossible to further the understanding of how the universe works- specifically how the earth, human body, and even societies work. There would be a lack of understanding valuable information, setting back societal progress greatly.