Institutionalism

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Definition
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Views society as made up of individuals

who are influenced by institutions
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This institutions are created by people.

Under social science, we call it “Social
Institutions”.
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Social
Institutions
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They are defined as a group of people

with a common goal or purpose.
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We have 6 social institutions.

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6 Social Institutions

1 FAMILY
2 EDUCATION
3 ECONOMY
4 GOVERNMENT
5 MEDIA
6 RELIGION
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Key Concepts
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○ Socially shared rules, usually

Informal unwritten, that are created,
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communicated, and enforced
outside of officially
sanctioned channels
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○ Rules governing a behavior

Informal outside official channels
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which may have constitutive
and regulative effects on
human behavior
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○ Examples: Dowry, Arranged

Informal Marriages, Tipping Food
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Servers, Filial Piety
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○ Include the written

Formal constitution, laws, policies,
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rights and regulations
enforced by official
authorities
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○ Refer to those officially

Formal established, often by
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government and other social
institutions.
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○ Examples: Money, Traffic

Formal rules, Holidays, Labor
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Unions
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Levels of
Institutionalism
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○ It refers to the tendency of

Macro organizations to arrange their
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formal structure not in
response to the technical
needs of the organizations
but in accordance to widely
accepted rule.
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○ it refers to the processes of

Micro institutionalization within the
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organization
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Types of
Institutionalism
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○ Concentrated on state or
Old government and how its
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various laws and practices
are implemented to citizens
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○ Interaction of various
New institutions within society,
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and how their dynamics,
rules and norms determine
the behavior and actions of
individuals