SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Talcott Parsons, Nationstates
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Things are pretty much the same because organizations like your college are more than just groups of people, they are social structures. In this chapter we will examine why statuses and roles tend to be enduring and repetitive. More specifically, we will examine the nature of social institutions phenomena that account for much of the fact that social structures tend to be enduring and repetitive. Before we get to the idea of social institutions, however, we need first to consider the concept of society, because institutions start with society. Society came into the english language from socius the latin word for fellowship or companion. The term society has a variety of uses in everyday language sometimes people refer to the upper classes as high society; frequently, groups of people with similar interests join together as members of societies.
