Social Structure


Social structure includes anthropological, cultural, and institutional, elements. Social differentiation and classes are also considered.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Social Structure and Change Anthropological structure Cultural structure Institutional structure Class structure Community and regional structure

Social structure includes anthropological, cultural, and institutional, elements. Social differentiation and classes are also considered.

Community and regional structure

This includes such things as the number and size of communities in a society, the degree of urbanization, and regional subdivisions of a society.

Class structure

This includes such things as the different classes in a society, degrees of social mobility, and so forth. Racial and ethnic groups are also considered.

Institutional structure

This includes social organization based on family affiliation, education or knowledge, economic prestige, political power, or religious affiliation.

Cultural structure

This includes organization based on language, literacy, evident wealth or posessions, or customs or occupations.

Anthropological structure

This includes social organization based on age and sex, race, and other such factors.


History History can be used to examine comunity and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure.	Links to other sites: Not yet developed
Other Sociology Community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be examined Peoples of the world and communities will provide examples of social structure. Other areas of social structure and change will alsp be important. Peoples of the world Nations such as Syria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Malawi, Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Senegal Angola, Zimbabwe, Mali, Zambia, Cuba, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda, Serbia, Chad, Hungary, Belarus, Somalia, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Switzerland, and Bulgaria will be connected. Western civilization has examples of social structure in Australia and in cities such as Sao Paulo. Anglic peoples have exampie in nations such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada and in cities such as New York City. Latin peoples have examples of social structure in Venezuela and in cities such as Mexico City. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. French peoples including those of France can be connected.Hispanic peoples including those of Peru provide examples. Spain has examples. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Lusitanic peoples have examples of social structure in Brazil. Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be examined. Northeast European peoples can be examined beginning with Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Balkan peoples including those of Romania can be connected. Asiatic peoples have examples of social structure in Sri Lanka Australia and in cities such as Shanghai. Middle Eastern peoples including Yemen provide examples. Turkey can be connected. Egypt can be connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. Persian peoples including those of Iran and Afghanistan can be connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected. North African peoples including Morocco and Algeria can be connected. South Asian peoples have examples in India with its city of Bombay, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal and in cities such as Delhi. Central Asian peoples have examples in nations such as Uzbekistan. Oriental peoples have examples in China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, and Taiwan and in cities such as Tokyo and Seoul. Southeast Asian peoples have examples in nations such as Burma Malaysia. Mainland Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Vietnam and Thailandare also connected. The Southeast Asian archipelagoes have examplies in nations such as Indonesia and the Philippines. African peoples including those of Madagascar will be significant. East African peoples including those of Uganda have examples. Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia have examples. Interior East African peoples including those of Sudan have examples. Central East African peoples including those of Tanzania and Kenya can be connected. West African peoples such as those of Ghana have examples of social stucture. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Nigeria have examples. Southern African peoples including those of Mozambique have examples of social structure. South Africa can be connected. Central African peoples such as those of Congo DR have examples. American Indian peoples have examples of social structure which can be observed in Venezuela and in cities such as Mexico City. Middle American Indian peoples have examples which can be examined in Mexico. Southwestern American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States have examples. South American Indians can be observed including peoples of Peru. Andean peoples including those of Colombia and Argentina can be connected. Amazonian peoples such as those of Brazil and Argentina can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. North American Indian peoples have examples which can be observed in the United States and Canada. Eastern North American Indian peoples, Western North American Indian peoples, and Northern North American Indian peoples can be considered. Communities Examples will come from communities such as Los Angeles. Other social structure and change Social change Particular changes The Agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, and middle industrial revolution can be connected. Computerization can be connected. Social change factors Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected. Social change processes Innovation can be connected. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected. Social types Industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Institutions Religion Particular religions including Asiatic religion, secularism, and pagan religion is also part of social structure. Abrahamic religion including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is significant in studies of social structure. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and loosely structured organization is part of social structure. Religious practice can be connected. Religious beliefs can be connected. Government Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government will also be useful. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including government forms, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected. Economics Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be considered. Industries including commercial and financial, communications, transportation, social and medical services, building and construction, manufacturing and extraction, and food-related industries can be connected. Economic activity including consumption, distribution and exchange, and consumption can be connected. Education Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums might be connected. Research can be connected. Teaching can be connected. Families Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected. Culture Behavioral culture Cultural events including holidays, disasters, gatherings, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theater, dance, and music can be connected. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, communications occupations, transportation occupations, building related occupations, and food related occupations can be connected. Customs including institutional customs, social interaction customs, dress customs, living and dwelling customs, and vital customs can be connected. Conceptual culture Philosophy including philosophical schools and doctrines, special topics, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected. Applied science including applied social science, accounting, information science, medical science, navigation, engineering science, and measurement can be connected. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature including particular works, types and genres, forms, and oral tradition can be connected. Graphic arts including animation, photography, printmaking, painting, and drawing can be connected. Language including languages of the world, writing, and linguistics can be connected. Material culture Miscellaneous artifacts such as sculpture, musical instruments, medicines, and toys can be connected. Communication technology including electronic, written, and graphic communication can be connected. Transportation technology including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, land transportation, and packaging can be connected. Clothing and dress can be connected. Foodstuffs including prepared foods, preserved and processed foods, and raw foods can be connected. Building technology including outdoor structures, complete buildings, components, furnishings, and materials can be connected. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilites, machinery, weaponry, chemical technology, fuels, and tools can be connected. Anthropology Particular groups Particular groups will be important. Human geography including African geography, North American geography, South American georaphy, and Oceanic geography will be useful. European geography including Balkan geography, Italian geography, Iberian geography, East European geography, central European geography, Northwest European geography, Island European geography, and Scandinavian geography can be connected. Asian geography including Southwest Asian geography, South Asian geography, Southeast Asian geography, East Asian geography, Central Asian geography, and North Asian geography can be connected. Human ecology including effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and effects of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human discpersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, death, migration, and birth can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interactions, and social presentation can be connected. Personal studies Biography may be applicable. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected. Science Most areas of science seem to be at best indirectly connected to social structure. Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can possibly be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances seem to be indirectly connected. Physics including the structure of matter, modern physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics also seems to be indirectly connected.

History

History can be used to examine comunity and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure.

Links to other sites:
Not yet developed

Other Sociology

Community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be examined Peoples of the world and communities will provide examples of social structure. Other areas of social structure and change will alsp be important.

Peoples of the world

Nations such as Syria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Malawi, Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Senegal Angola, Zimbabwe, Mali, Zambia, Cuba, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda, Serbia, Chad, Hungary, Belarus, Somalia, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Switzerland, and Bulgaria will be connected.

Western civilization has examples of social structure in Australia and in cities such as Sao Paulo. Anglic peoples have exampie in nations such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada and in cities such as New York City. Latin peoples have examples of social structure in Venezuela and in cities such as Mexico City. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. French peoples including those of France can be connected.Hispanic peoples including those of Peru provide examples. Spain has examples. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Lusitanic peoples have examples of social structure in Brazil. Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be examined. Northeast European peoples can be examined beginning with Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Balkan peoples including those of Romania can be connected.

Asiatic peoples have examples of social structure in Sri Lanka Australia and in cities such as Shanghai. Middle Eastern peoples including Yemen provide examples. Turkey can be connected. Egypt can be connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. Persian peoples including those of Iran and Afghanistan can be connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected. North African peoples including Morocco and Algeria can be connected. South Asian peoples have examples in India with its city of Bombay, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal and in cities such as Delhi. Central Asian peoples have examples in nations such as Uzbekistan. Oriental peoples have examples in China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, and Taiwan and in cities such as Tokyo and Seoul. Southeast Asian peoples have examples in nations such as Burma Malaysia. Mainland Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Vietnam and Thailandare also connected. The Southeast Asian archipelagoes have examplies in nations such as Indonesia and the Philippines.

African peoples including those of Madagascar will be significant. East African peoples including those of Uganda have examples. Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia have examples. Interior East African peoples including those of Sudan have examples. Central East African peoples including those of Tanzania and Kenya can be connected. West African peoples such as those of Ghana have examples of social stucture. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Nigeria have examples. Southern African peoples including those of Mozambique have examples of social structure. South Africa can be connected. Central African peoples such as those of Congo DR have examples.

American Indian peoples have examples of social structure which can be observed in Venezuela and in cities such as Mexico City. Middle American Indian peoples have examples which can be examined in Mexico. Southwestern American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States have examples. South American Indians can be observed including peoples of Peru. Andean peoples including those of Colombia and Argentina can be connected. Amazonian peoples such as those of Brazil and Argentina can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. North American Indian peoples have examples which can be observed in the United States and Canada. Eastern North American Indian peoples, Western North American Indian peoples, and Northern North American Indian peoples can be considered.

Communities

Examples will come from communities such as Los Angeles.

Other social structure and change

Social change

Particular changes

The Agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, and middle industrial revolution can be connected. Computerization can be connected.

Social change factors

Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected.

Social change processes

Innovation can be connected. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected.

Social types

Industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Institutions

Religion

Particular religions including Asiatic religion, secularism, and pagan religion is also part of social structure. Abrahamic religion including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is significant in studies of social structure. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and loosely structured organization is part of social structure. Religious practice can be connected. Religious beliefs can be connected.

Government

Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government will also be useful. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including government forms, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected.

Economics

Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be considered. Industries including commercial and financial, communications, transportation, social and medical services, building and construction, manufacturing and extraction, and food-related industries can be connected. Economic activity including consumption, distribution and exchange, and consumption can be connected.

Education

Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums might be connected. Research can be connected. Teaching can be connected.

Families

Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture

Cultural events including holidays, disasters, gatherings, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theater, dance, and music can be connected. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, communications occupations, transportation occupations, building related occupations, and food related occupations can be connected. Customs including institutional customs, social interaction customs, dress customs, living and dwelling customs, and vital customs can be connected.

Conceptual culture

Philosophy including philosophical schools and doctrines, special topics, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected. Applied science including applied social science, accounting, information science, medical science, navigation, engineering science, and measurement can be connected. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature including particular works, types and genres, forms, and oral tradition can be connected. Graphic arts including animation, photography, printmaking, painting, and drawing can be connected. Language including languages of the world, writing, and linguistics can be connected.

Material culture

Miscellaneous artifacts such as sculpture, musical instruments, medicines, and toys can be connected. Communication technology including electronic, written, and graphic communication can be connected. Transportation technology including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, land transportation, and packaging can be connected. Clothing and dress can be connected. Foodstuffs including prepared foods, preserved and processed foods, and raw foods can be connected. Building technology including outdoor structures, complete buildings, components, furnishings, and materials can be connected. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilites, machinery, weaponry, chemical technology, fuels, and tools can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups

Particular groups will be important.

Human geography including African geography, North American geography, South American georaphy, and Oceanic geography will be useful. European geography including Balkan geography, Italian geography, Iberian geography, East European geography, central European geography, Northwest European geography, Island European geography, and Scandinavian geography can be connected. Asian geography including Southwest Asian geography, South Asian geography, Southeast Asian geography, East Asian geography, Central Asian geography, and North Asian geography can be connected.

Human ecology including effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and effects of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human discpersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, death, migration, and birth can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interactions, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography may be applicable. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected.

Science

Most areas of science seem to be at best indirectly connected to social structure. Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can possibly be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances seem to be indirectly connected. Physics including the structure of matter, modern physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics also seems to be indirectly connected.