Understanding Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Education, Economy, and Politics, Exams of Sociology

Download Understanding Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Education, Economy, and Politics and more Exams Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS/ सामाजिक संस्थाए ं उम्मीद है आपको सामाजिक संस्थानों के बारे में दी गयी िानकारी पसंद आएगी. इसी टॉपपक पर टेक्सस्ट के अंत में हहदंी वीडियो का ल कं प्रदान ककया गया है जिस पर क्स ीक कर आप उसे देख सकत ेहैं. आशा है आप अपने समय का सदपुयोग करते हुए शेयर ककय ेगए पवषयों को ध्यान पूववक पढ़ेंगे और अपने प्रश्नों पर चचाव करेंगे. What Are Social Institutions and Why Are They Important? Social Institution is an important concept in Sociology. It is not a group of people or an organization. Institutions do not have members rather they have followers who have to accept the rules and social norms established through recurring patterns of behaviour. It may also be understood as mechanisms to govern the behaviour of individuals within a given community. Social Institutions are the establishment in a society that makes the society function. They work as the backbone of a society. Without the social institutions, a society cannot achieve fulfilment in terms of economy, academy or relationships. When there are no rules and regulations in a society, people are more likely to indulge in crime and other harmful activities. Social institutions help in taming such activities. They contribute in organizing a society and its people. There are different types of social institutions, which come with a set of rules and norms and ask the people to follow them. The violation of such rules often results in condemnation and prosecution. Five Basic Social Institutions/ सामाजिक संस्थाएं Family as a Social Institution: What do we mean by a Family? When we hear the word family, a house with a mother, father, brother and sister comes into our mind and it is the most general description of a family. But a family is actually the unity of two or more people through blood relation, marriage or adoption. Family in a society works as a social support for an individual. When a child is raised in a family with doting parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters he or she gets to experience a positive upbringing, which continues when he or she actually grows up. Marriage as a Social Institution: Marriage is that social institution which, was created to keep a healthy regulation of a person’s life. It is in a close association with the institution of family. The norms of marriages vary from culture to culture. A marriage is the process of uniting two different people from different families together through a ceremony. It serves the purpose of finding companionship. Education as a Social Institution: Education is another vital social institution. Just as economy and government, education also caters to the opportunities of growth in a society.