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Social Institutions, Civil Society and Local or Grassroots Level in the Community (Part I)  Social Institutions in the Community  WHAT IS SOCIAL INSTITUTION?  the term "social institution" refers to a social structures and social mechanisms of social order and cooperation that go...

Social Institutions, Civil Society and Local or Grassroots Level in the Community (Part I)  Social Institutions in the Community  WHAT IS SOCIAL INSTITUTION?  the term "social institution" refers to a social structures and social mechanisms of social order and cooperation that govern the behavior of its members.  Also, it is a group of social positions, connected by social relations, performing a social role. It constitutes that institution works to socialize the group of people in a community. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL  INSTITUTION Institutions are purposive.  Institutions are relatively permanent in content.  Institutions are structured.  Institutions are a unified structure.  Institutions are necessarily value laden. FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL INSTITUTION 1. Social Institutions simplify social behavior for the individual person. 2. It provides form of social relations and social roles for individual. 3. It serves as an act as agencies of coordination and stability for the total culture. 4. It constitutes control behavior among the members of community. TYPES OF SOCIAL INSTITUTION IN THE COMMUITY  FAMILY  The smallest social institution with the unique function or producing and rearing the young.  It is the basic unit of Philippine society.  The basic agent of socialization because it is where the individual develops values, behaviors, and ways of life through interaction with members of the family.  CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY  The family is closely knit and has strong family ties.  The Filipino family is usually an extended one.  In the Filipino family, kinship ties are extended to include the “compadre” or sponsors  FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY  Reproduction of the race and rearing of the young.  Cultural transmission or enculturation.  Socialization of the child.  Providing the environment for personality development and the growth of self-concept in relation to others.  It provides social status.  RELIGION  It is a system of beliefs and rituals that serves to bind people together through shared worship, thereby creating a social  It is a set of beliefs and practices that pertain to a sacred or supernatural realm that guides human behavior and gives meaning to life among a community of believers. CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION  Belief in a deity.  A doctrine of salvation.  A code of conduct.  Religious rituals.  FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION  It serves as a means of social control.  It preserves and transmits knowledge, skills, spirituality and cultural values and practices.  It serves as an instrument of change.   EDUCATION  It provides a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or  FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION  Described the school as first and foremost a social institution, that is, an established organization having an identifiable structure and a set of functions meant to preserve and extend social order.  School is the place for the contemplation of reality, and our task as a teacher, in simplest terms, is to show this reality to our students, who are naturally eager about them.  ECONOMICS  It is concerned with the factors that determine the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.  FUNCTIONS OF ECONOMICS AS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS  Economy fulfills society’s need for products, services and an organized system of distribution.  The economic system pertains to what to produce, how much to produce, for whom to produce and how to distribute the output.  GOVERNMENT  It is the institution which solves conflicts that are public in nature and involve more than a few people.  FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNEMNT AS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS  The primary functions of government are to protect the basic human rights which include right to life, liberty and to possess property.  It has a duty to fight poverty and improve the quality of life of its citizens. In order to achieve this, the government must create a conducive environment for material prosperity and economic growth.  Defend its citizen against internal and external enemies. Civil Society groups in the Community  CIVIL SOCIETY IN COMMUNITY  A civil society are comprised of groups or organizations working in the interest of the citizens but operating outside of the governmental and for profit sectors.  Also, it is state or situation of people living in a community or nation having shared interest, values and purpose getting benefit to have right of individuals, enjoying liberty, and to have resources to develop personal potential.  PARTYLIST LABOR UNION/ TRADE UNION ACTIVIST  THE CONTEXT OF CIVIL SOCIETY  It is also an organization and institution that make up civil society that includes labor unions, non-profit organizations, churches, and other service agencies that provide an important service to society but generally ask for very little in return.  It is often populated by organizations such as registered charities, development non- governmental organizations, community groups, women’s organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, trade unions, self-help groups, social movements, business  THE CONTEXT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES  The basis for civil society in the Philippines comes from the Filipino concepts of pakikipagkapwa (holistic interaction with others) and kapwa (shared inner self).  Voluntary assistance or charity connotes for Filipinos an equal status between the provider of assistance and the recipient, which is embodied in the terms damayan (assistance of peers in periods of crisis) and pagtutulungan (mutual self-help).  The Western notion of kawanggawa (charity) may have been introduced to the Philippines by Catholic missionaries (ADB, 2007)  HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF CSO IN THE PHILIPPINES (ABENIR AND ALIPAO 2016)  The Roman Catholic Church and the religious orders established the first civil welfare organizations in the Philippines.  The Roman Catholic Church founded parochial schools, orphanage, and hospitals that were mostly reserved  The church also established foundations and cofradías (brotherhoods) which encouraged neighborly behavior such as visiting the sick and helping with town fiesta preparations.  During the Marcos administration, many civil society organizations (CSOs) built up strong relationships  It is not legally mandatory for CSOs in the Philippines to register with the government, and many people’s organizations and other small organizations do not do so.  However, only registered organizations gain a legal status that permits them to enter into contracts  Legal Bases of CSO in the Philippines: (1987 Constitution, Article XIII: Social Justice and Human Rights, Section 15)  The State shall respect the role of independent people’s organizations to enable the people to pursue and protect, within the democratic framework, their legitimate and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and lawful means.”  LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IN TERMS OF CSOS (CHAPTER 4. RELATIONS WITH PEOPLE’S AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS)  Section 34. Role of People’s and Non- Governmental Organizations  Section 35. Linkages with People’s and Non-Governmental Organizations.  Section 36. Assistance to People’s and Non-Governmental Organizations. CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN TERMS OF LEGALITY  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - many types of CSOs register with the SEC, including development NGOs, including people’s organizations, farmers’ associations, athletic organizations, and sports associations, social welfare and sports associations,  Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - The DOLE registers labor unions, labor federations, and rural workers’ associations federations in accordance with the Labor Code of the Philippines.  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - It has a directory of CSOs with valid registration, license to operate and accreditation as social welfare and development agencies as well as those with development agencies as well as those with expired validity and with revoked registrations and