Social Institutions

Social institutions are a central object of study within the social sciences, they represent enduring patterns of organization or structures built up around some social function, religions, governments and families are all institutions that have stood the test of time because they provide essential structure and serve basic functions within social systems. In this video we will be talking about institutions through the lens of system theory talking about their efficiency, conflict theory and functionalism.

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[joshreis]

Thank you so much for all of your videos! I casually came across complexity theory two years ago and it has in no small effect changed my view of the world. Your videos are a succinct illustrative expression of these ideas and theories which I am grateful for.

[JUTSU_Fxx]

One question
So what is the importance of creating law and order in the society?
And what are three important functions of it (institution)

[helengrives]

Could a system become more inefficiënt over time because it is unable to adapt efficiently to a changing environment? A symbolic system doesn't necessarily take inputs and transform them into functional outputs. Then since a system doesn't map one to one, it produces a system of byproducts, that deviate or obscure the main functional outputs, such that it destroys the system within. Systems have lifecycles. Talking about a system in a very abstract way obscures many things, but keeps the narrative static. As narratives are a super set of systems themselves.

[sociedadnortena]

Meanwhile in social sciences in colleges... “ muh economic imperralism”