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It refers to the rules and expectations that people develop in the community over time to help regulate and manage their interaction with one another
Community structure
Established patterns of belief and behavior that are centered on addressing the basic social needs of people in the community.
Social Institutions
Consists of two or more people in the community who regularly interact with one another.
Social group
Position or rank a person holds in relation to other members of the community.
Status
Assigned at birth or acquired in the course of one’s life.
Ascribed Status
Acquired based on merit or accomplishment in one’s course of life.
Achieved status
Obligations or behaviors expected from an individual based on one’s status in life.
Role
It refers to the institutionalized patterns of ways of life that are shared, learned, developed, and accepted by people in the community.
Community Cultural Structure
7 Elements of Cultural Structure
Symbol, Language, Norm, Values, Beliefs. Rituals, Artifact
It refers to the people’s established ways of allocating power and decisions in running and managing community affairs.
Community Political Structure
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Social Structure
- Refers to the rules and expectations that people develop in the community over time to help regulate and manage their interaction with one another.
Key Components of Social Structure
- Established patterns of belief and behavior that are centered on addressing the basic social needs of people in the community.
- Consists of two or more people in the community who regularly interact with one another.
Status
- Refers to the position or rank a person holds in relation to other members of the community.
- Can be assigned at birth or acquired in the course of one’s life.
- Can be acquired based on merit or accomplishment in one’s course of life.
Roles
- Refers to the obligations or behaviors expected from an individual based on one’s status in life.
Cultural Structure
- Refers to the institutionalized patterns of ways of life that are shared, learned, developed, and accepted by people in the community.
Elements of Cultural Structure
- 7 key elements, including:
Allocation of Power
- Refers to the people’s established ways of allocating power and decisions in running and managing community affairs.
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