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Social Structure Meaning, Elements and Types

Social Structure Meaning, Elements and Types

Meaning • It is an Social Arrangements in society • Social Structure is an

Meaning • It is an Social Arrangements in society • Social Structure is an abstract phenomenon • It refers to external aspect of the society • Units of Structure: 1. Groups 2. Institutions 3. Associations 4. Organization • All these units are interrelated to each other

• Social Structure is made up of structural forms which are arranged in

• Social Structure is made up of structural forms which are arranged in an interrelated way to enable the society to function in an harmonious manner • According to Talcott Parsons, “Social structure is a term applied to the particular arrangement of the interrelated institutions, agencies and social patterns as well as the statuses and roles which each persons assumes in the group”

Elements of Social Structure • Normative System: values, Norms, ideals • Position System •

Elements of Social Structure • Normative System: values, Norms, ideals • Position System • Sanction System • A system of Anticipated Response • Action System

Social Institutions • Social Institutions are essential to maintain the ordered arrangement of social

Social Institutions • Social Institutions are essential to maintain the ordered arrangement of social structure • A social institution is a complex, integrated set of social norms organized around the preservation of a basic societal value • They are collective modes of behaviour • They binds the members of the group together

Cntd… • It operate in five basic areas of life: (1) In determining Kinship

Cntd… • It operate in five basic areas of life: (1) In determining Kinship (Family) (2) In providing for the legitimate use of power (State) (3) In regulating the distribution of goods and services (Economy) (4) in transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next (Education)and (5) in regulating our relation to the supernatural (Religion)

Marriage • It is an institutions which admits men and women to family life

Marriage • It is an institutions which admits men and women to family life • They are socially permitted to have children • According to Lundberg, Marriage consists of “the rules and regulations which define rights, duties and privileges of husband wife, with respect to each other”. • Marriage is approved social pattern where two or more persons establish a family

Forms of Marriages • • One Wife, many husbands: (Polyandry) One husband, many wives

Forms of Marriages • • One Wife, many husbands: (Polyandry) One husband, many wives (Polygyny) One man, one wife (Monogamy) Companionate Marriage(Marriage my be dissolved by mutual consent) • Experimental Marriage (Staying together before marriage)

• Exogamy: Marriage outside the clan/kinship • Endogamy: Marriage within the same caste

• Exogamy: Marriage outside the clan/kinship • Endogamy: Marriage within the same caste group

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