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Social Structure : Stratification And Social Process In Society
Question
Explain the meaning and role of social institutions.
Solution
Social Institutions :
1. Social systems work on the basis of widely accepted cluster of norms and values called social institution developed by the society to meet the basic requirements of a society.
2. Institutions (such as family) are the ideas and customs, around which life in a society is organized.
3. Members of the social system are usually supposed to follow the norms, but there may be some differences.
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