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Social Structure : Stratification And Social Process In Society
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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.
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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What is meant by the following terms/words :
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Explain the meaning of following terms/words :
(a) Power, (b) Psychological Gratification, (c) Gender Inequality, (d) Ethnicity, (e) Gender, (f) Sanskritization.
Explain in brief the meaning of terms/words :
(a) Diffusion, (b) Accomodation, (c) Cooperation, (d) Social Process, (e) Conflict.
What is meant by the following terms/words :
(a) Association Social Processes, (b) Dissociative Social Processes, (c) Heterogeneous Society, (d) Assimilation, (e) Interaction.
What do you understand by accomodation ?
Explain the term ‘Co-operation’.
Write four significant traits or aspects for social interactions.
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