Social Structure Social institutions organizations groups statuses and roles values and norms that add order and predictability to our private lives Social Institutions When stable sets of statuses roles groups and organizations form to provide the foundation for addressing fundamental ID: 647931
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Social Structure and Social Institutions" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Social Structure
and
Social InstitutionsSlide2
Social Structure:
Social institutions, organizations, groups, statuses and roles, values and norms that add order and predictability to our private lives.Slide3
Social Institutions
When stable sets of statuses, roles, groups, and organizations form to provide the foundation for addressing fundamental societal needs.
“Persistent and connected sets of rules (formal and informal) that prescribe behavioral roles, constrain activity, and shape expectations.” –
Keohane
, 1989Slide4
Social institutions
provide the
“rules for the game.”Slide5
What are some “classic”
social institutions?
Family, law, mass media, religion, education, governance, politics, economy, etc.Slide6
What are some of the characteristics that make up this institution we are currently in?
And what are some ways this institution is shaping us
(what are some of the
“rules of the game” here)?Slide7
Are these social institutions?
Gender?
Race?Marriage?Class?Sexuality?
There is dispute among sociologists about whether or not these qualify as institutions.
“Persistent and connected sets of rules (formal and informal) that prescribe behavioral roles, constrain activity, and shape expectations.”Slide8
Institutional Effects
Institutions are a key source of
predictabilityThey provide order
I
nstitutions are also at the root source of many social
problems
However…
Why and How?Slide9
But despite the problems,
social institutions cannot be abolished.
There could be pandemonium without them.Slide10
Institutional Intersections
Micro-Macro links
The connections between social institutions, organizations, and individual behavior
(E.g. Education Unit 5 NCHS Mr. Robinson You)
Or the connections between institutions, social structure, and our socially constructed reality
Institutions do not exist in isolation; they work together
Politics and economy and education
Economics and family and gender
Politics and race and gender and economy
Etc.Slide11Slide12
As we discuss different social institutions, always be thinking about
institutional intersections
.In other words, how are our social institutions working together or in opposition to each other?